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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 start and finish of the story. Let us look at the last sentence first. John the Evangelist tells us: 'This was the first of his signs, his miracles, which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory.' So, then, the miracle is almost the opening act in John's Gospel. It raises the curtain on a new world. In it Jesus'glory is made plain. Now second, back to the first sentence of the story: 'On the third dcg there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee 'John mentions the two days before this, but he mentions the third day not simply to keep Jesus' diary sorted. No, the third dcg is an allusion to Jesus' resurrection which happened, of course, on the third day. It was Jesus' resurrection which finally pulled up the curtain on a new world, on a transformed universe, on a transfigured humanity within which Jesus is the first and perfect exemplar: God's power to redeem humanity is made manifest. In John's words, Jesus' glory is manifested. It was a turning point. So where does this leave us? Every now and again I accompany my wife to the supermarket. Often due to my incompetence in searching for the beef stock cubes or the kitchen towels she says: 'Oh, go on -off to the playpen.' The play-pen is Sainsbury's or Waitrose's wine section. That keeps me quiet and occupied. Wine, however, despite the dazzling choice, the attractive labels and all the rest is not essential to our diet. But the story of Jesus and the new wine says something different. For the symbolism in this tale about wine is almost as powerful as you'd find. It is a symbol of a most remarkable turning point. Plain water in huge pitchers is transformed into gallons and gallons of outstanding wine -premier cuvee, appellation controlee, best vintage and all the rest. Here is abundant grace and a world transfigured by God. This all happens because of the appearance of Jesus in his Incarnation. Seventy three years ago, on the corner of Fore Street and Moor Lane, saw a turning pointing within a very localised human frame. This past year may have seen a glimmer of an economic turning point at a fraught time in our national fortunes. But as we celebrate this New Year we recall a turning point of infinitely greater power, in God. Economic turning points, social and political turning points, cultural turning points are essential to our future. But without the deepest spiritual roots these will be as nothing. That event on that night in 1940 they have allowed eventually for my birth. But the incarnation and resurrection captured in that story of the miraculous wine tells a story new birth for all humanity. It spells out the true turning point which is at the heart of the entire tradition of European Christian Humanism. This great city has been one of the key nurseries of that tradition. How can that same rich tradition energise, that is -give soul, to our city as we embark on this New Year? How can it mark a seminal-even radical-turningpoint? How can it be, in the words of Dean Alington's hymn 'tidings of a new creation for an old and weary world?' Amen FAMiLiES oF PRioRY RoAD AND iTS ENViRoNS BY A FoRMER RESiDENT Dear Geraint Kelvindale, 8 Nutwood, Frith Hill Road GODALMING, Surrey GU7 2HG I received a letter recently to inform me that Muriel Burgess had died. I don't expect that will mean much to many Old Stationers but she had lived at 141 Priory Road for well over 50 years. To 30
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 me it represented the final link with Priory Road, the road in which I grew up for we as a family lived for many years at 137. But to begin as they say at the beginning, we arrived in Priory Road from Glasgow in January,1947 at the start of a cold winter. Stationers' was long away away at that moment, Rokesley and Crouch End Juniors had to be tackled before starting at Stationers' in 1953. At 139 lived the Tapleys and their son Norman Tapley attended Stationers' in the mid 1940s before moving to Mill Hill. At the top of Priory Road, going towards Muswell Hill, there is a parade of shops and above one of these lived Alan Berwick. Who went to Stationers' in the late 1940s. The Tapleys left Priory Road in 1962 and in their place came John and Maisie Lane accompanied by their son who could only have been a year old. John Senior was a banker (NatWest Bank Muswell Hill for many years) who followed Spurs. At 135 lived Hugh MacCulloch, also a banker, who followed Arsenal and as a result, communication between 135 and 139 was non existent. In the 1950s the Aanonson family came to 143 Priory Road and their sons John and Geoff Aanonson went to Stationers' in the 1960s. It was good to meet up with Geoff again at the annual dinners. He now lives in Walthamstow. John Lane Jnr. followed John and Geoff to the School in the 1970s. Going down Priory Road towards Priory Park, scene of many a sporting encounter, lived Don Bewick and Dick Hersey, both keen cricketers as I recall, who started at Stationers' in 1951. Around the back of Priory Road was Farrer Road, leading to the junction with Park Road and Cranley Gardens. Richard Hayes, John Bayley and Peter Jolly lived here. They were a little older than me and our gardens backed on to one another. Our garden, amongst other things, was used as a cricket and football pitch with only the odd broken window for my father to complain about. Occasionally it became a rather bumpy putting green. Peter Jolly, who lived directly at the back of us, took this a stage further, one day driving a golf ball from his garden into my sister's bedroom. Fortunately, she was elsewhere at the time. I don't profess this list to be exhaustive. I have not mentioned those who lived nearby in Danvers Road, Warner Road or those who lived in Park Avenue North and South. Certainly many Stationers came from this area walking, cycling or catching the 233 bus to and from Ridge Road. Richie Tyley I'm sure a member can take up this story where Richie has left off, to refer to other Old Stationers from this immediate area and include the other activities associated with the Moravian Church and other churches and youth clubs in this area; or in fact another area where there are a few or many who attended Stationers' in some part of Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Wood Green, Harringay or Winchmore Hill. Thank you Richie for your contribution to this edition. Ed. 31
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