ST. BRANDON’S CHURCH

BRANCEPETH

NEWSLETTER: JULY/AUGUST 2016 Also online at: www.stbrandon.org.uk/newsletter

Parochial Church Council

Priest in Charge Rev’d. Rick Simpson (3800440)

Curate Rev’d. Alison Hobbs (3789670)

Lay Reader Geoff Moore – co-opted member of P.C.C. (3735674)

Church Wardens: Steve Hodgson (3780289)

Hester Higton (5974675)

Secretary Mike Higton (5974675)

Treasurer Geoff Knott (01833 627094)

Deanery Synod Evelyn Aitken (3789908)

David Eltringham (01388 746058)

John Jackson (3782392)

Other elected members:-

Fiona Eltringham (01388 746058) James Morgan (4476520)

Carolyn Knott (01833 627094 Isabel Rae (9039145)

Jean Merrington (3780952) John Roberts ((01388 748287)

Jeanette Metcalfe (3781646) Robert Scott-Biggs (3735907)

Pastoral Assistant Deborah Hodge (01388 745455)

Prayer Team Deborah Hodge 01388 745455, Alison Hobbs 378 9670,

Alison Moore 373 5674, Myrleen Stewart 378 0862.

Sunday School

& Messy Church Gillian Smellie (3739420) & Liz Thomas (3784465)

Organist Richard Hird

Music Jean Merrington, Thornberry Garth (3780952)

Sacristans Carol Beeby (3847431): Deborah Hodge (01388 745455)

Jean Hodgson (3780289): Carolyn Knott (01833 627094)

Flower Guild Lynne Hastie (3781871)

Churchyard Edward Staines (3780858)

New Churchyard Bill Currie, 12 Goodwell Lea (3783414)

Youth Club Geoff Moore (3735674) Martin Peacock (3784268)

Worship Team Rev’d Alison Hobbs, Fiona Eltringham, Deborah Hodge,

Jean Hodgson, Jean Merrington, Geoff Moore,

Sue Morgan, Rev’d Rick Simpson

SMD Team: Rick Simpson; Alison Hobbs; Alison Moore;

Martin Peacock

Fabric: Jayne & Peter Cook; Stephen Hodgson;

John Jackson; Jean Merrington; John Morgan;

James Morgan; Edward Staines

Parish Office Tel: 0191 3782866: Website www.stbrandon.org.uk

September Newsletter entries - no later than 20th August

Please send to Sue Morgan - sueatpeppermires@gmail.com

Dear Friends,

What have Archbishop Justin Welby and a Texan mother of two who recently posted

a video of herself on Facebook wearing a Chewbacca face-mask got in common? I

was about to go on holiday when I wrote this. After that opening line, you may be

thinking: “Rick clearly needed that break ...” But actually, they do share something,

and it’s about identity.

In early April it was revealed that Justin’s Welby’s father was not Gavin Welby, as he,

his mother, and the world had hitherto assumed, but the late Sir Anthony Montague

Browne. This could have been a Fleet Street field-day: the press love nothing more

than a whiff of scandal around a cleric, and here was something massive on the top

man! Even better, the story involved Welby’s parents struggling with alcoholism. If

Justin had been defensive, said it was no one else’s business, or asked solemnly for

privacy, there could have been a media feeding-frenzy, I think. What he said instead

was this:

‘This revelation has, of course, been a surprise, but in my life ... I have had far worse.

I know that I find who I am in Jesus Christ, not in genetics, and my identity in him

never changes. ... At the very outset of my inauguration service [as Archbishop]

three years ago, Evangeline Kanagasooriam, a young member of the Canterbury

Cathedral congregation, said: “We greet you in the name of Christ. Who are you,

and why do you request entry?” To which I responded: “I am Justin, a servant of

Jesus Christ, and I come as one seeking the grace of God to travel with you in His

service together.” What has changed? Nothing!’

It was a remarkably gracious response, and a profoundly Christian one. Faced with

the question, “Who are you?”, that was his answer.

Six weeks later in Texas a “stay-at-home mom” (to use her own words) called

Candace Payne went to her local Kohls’ department store and bought herself a Stars

Wars toy. It was a Chewbacca face mask that makes a Chewbacca growling noise

whenever the wearer opens their mouth. Before going home, she made a video –

sitting in her car, on her phone – and uploaded it to Facebook. The film is four

minutes long, and all it really amounts to is Candace explaining what she bought,

that it is hers, not her kids’(!), then showing us how it works. This makes her laugh.

The more she laughs, the more the mask makes the Chewbacca noise, and that

makes her laugh more, so the mask makes the noise more, and ... she just laughs.

(It’s viewable at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3yRv5Jg5TI - or just search for

“Chewbacca mask” and you’ll find her soon enough!)

This obviously tickled others, as within a few days the video had been watched by

over 140 million people, and Payne was invited onto Good Morning America, ABC

News, Saturday Night Live, and more. Instant stardom. (Of course, people then

started digging up information about her family’s personal struggles – that’s life.)

In the midst of all this, in an interview for the website Buzzfeed, Candace was asked

about the joy she seems to have in the video, and where it comes from. She replied:

‘You wanna know something, in all honesty? ... When you really know who you are,

you don’t have to impress anyone, not even yourself; you can laugh at yourself.’ The

interviewer pressed on: ‘But it’s tough for a lot of people to get there; so what do

you think helped you get there?’

She replied: ‘You want me to give you the real, honest answer? ... The truth is that

my relationship with Jesus Christ has completely made me who I am, because he's

told me who I am. And once you know that you're loved by God ... you don't have to

impress anybody else, because you've got the one opinion that matters. So I know

you probably weren’t expecting that answer from a funny girl with a Chewbacca

mask!’

So Candace Payne and Justin Welby, two very different people, thrust into the

media spotlight for very different reasons, seem to share a strikingly similar

understanding about their fundamental sense of self.

In 1976 Pete Townshend of The Who wrote a song which became the title track of

their album, Who Are You? It came – apparently – partly out of a fear that he was

losing his way, forgetting what his music was meant to be about. The chorus runs:

‘Who are you? Who, who, who, who? I really wanna know: who are you? Who, who,

who, who?’

It’s a question we all return to, sometimes painfully at difficult moments in our lives:

who, really, am I?

Very best wishes as ever,

Rick

PS Wouldn’t you like one of those masks?! Strangely enough, they’re sold out right

now!

St Brandon’s June 2016 - Services & Readings

3rd July, Thomas the Apostle Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Geoff Knott Habakkuk 2. 1-1

Second: Deborah Hodge Ephesians 2: 19-end

Gospel: John 20. 24-29

Martin Peacock Intercessions

Sunday School

10th July, Trinity 7 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: David Eltringham Deuteronomy 30. 9-14

Second: Steve Hodgson Colossians 1. 1-14

Gospel: Luke 10. 25-37

Geoff Moore Intercessions

Sunday School

17th July, Trinity 8 Parish Eucharist with baptism - 10.15 Readings: First: Alison Moore Colossians 1. 15-28

Second: none

Gospel: Luke 10. 38-42

Hester Higton Intercessions

No Sunday School

24th July, Trinity 9 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Bianca Allen Genesis 18. 20-32

Second: Gillian Smellie Colossians 2. 6-15

Gospel: Luke 11. 1-13

Alison Moore Intercessions

No Sunday School

31st July, Trinity 10 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Edward Staines Ecclesiastes 1. 2, 12-14; 2: 18-23

Second: Sue Morgan Colossians 3. 1-11

Gospel: Luke 12. 13-21

James Morgan Intercessions

No Sunday School

7th August, Trinity 11 Parish Eucharist with Baptism - 10.15

Readings: First: Carolyn Knott Genesis 15. 1-6

Second: John Jackson Hebrews 11. 1-3, 8-16

Gospel: Luke 12. 32-40

Robert & Sally Scott-Biggs Intercessions

No Sunday School

14th August, Trinity 12 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Stewart Allen Jeremiah 23. 23-29

Second: Jean Merrington Hebrews 11: 29 – 12: 2

Gospel: Luke 12. 49-56

Edward Staines Intercessions

No Sunday School

21st August, Trinity 13 Parish Eucharist – with baptism 10.15

Readings: First: Rachel Lunney Isaiah 58. 9-14

Second: Martin Peacock Hebrews 12. 18-29

Gospel: Luke 13. 10-17

Geoff Moore Intercessions

No Sunday School

28th August, Trinity 14 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Jean Hodgson Proverbs 25. 6-7

Second: Geoff Knott Hebrews 13. 1-8, 15-16

Gospel: Luke 14. 1, 7-14

Gillian Smellie Intercessions

No Sunday School

4th Sept., Trinity 15 Parish Eucharist - 10.15

Readings: First: Steve Hodgson Deuteronomy 30. 15-end

Second: Deborah Hodge Philemon 1-21

Gospel: Luke 14. 25-33

tba Intercessions

No Sunday School

Sidesmen Servers

July 3rd

Fiona Eltringham & Stewart Allen Martin

July 10th

Myrleen Stewart & Sue Morgan

Tom

July 17th

Sally & Robert Scott Biggs Jonathan

July 24th

Joan Nesbitt & Steve Hodgson Pip

July 31st

Ann & John Roberts Martin

August 7th

Bonny Bainbridge & Geoff Knott Tom

August 14th

Bianca Allen & Pat Sharples Jonathan

August 21st

David Eltringham & Stewart Allen Pip

August 28th `

Myrleen Stewart & Fiona Eltringham Martin

Sept 4th

Sue Morgan & Steve Hodgson Tom

Flowers Coffee

July 3rd

Christine Dodd Jeanette Metcalfe

July 10th

Wedding Iris Waggott

July 17th Norma Taylor Alison Moore

July 24th

Deborah Chapman Evelyn Aitken

July 31st Hillary Moss Norma Taylor

August 7th

Jenny Marr Sue Morgan

August 14th

Wedding Iris Waggott

August 21st

Wedding Jeanette Metcalfe

August 28th

Wedding Alison Moore

Sept 4th

Jean Hodgson Evelyn Aitken

Church Cleaning

July: Bill Curry, Anne Elliott, Denise Jackson,

Martin Peacock.

August:

Sue Morgan, Bonny Bainbridge, Fiona Eltringham,

Deborah Hodge & Alison Moore.

Grass cutting rota 26th June – 9th July Richard Hobbs / Tom Hobbs

10th July -23rd July Steve Hodgson / John Morgan

24th July – 13th Aug David Eltringham / Dave Armstrong

14th Aug – 27th Aug David Wilkes / Philip Pickles

28th Aug – 10th Sept James Dalton / Phil Davison

Youth Club June - July 2016

Sunday club nights are from 6.00 – 8.00pm in the Village Hall

All young people in the Village (and beyond, and their friends) are warmly welcome.

The age range is from 11 to 17 years inclusive.

Sunday 10 July Summer BBQ

Leaders: - Geoff Moore 373 5674 Martin Peacock 378 4268

Rick Simpson, Rachel Lunney, Alison Hobbs, Tom Hobbs, Sam Wilkes and Jonny

Dobson will also be helping to lead.

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If you would welcome a short time of Christian worship

with friends and neighbours, we would love to see you.

You are invited to join us for a small and friendly home

Eucharist service

at 5 Russell Close

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 2016

A great big thank you to everyone for their help and support with Christian Aid

Week this year.

We managed to raise a grand total of £1846.47

Well done to all – the people of Brancepeth have really made a difference to

the lives of those in need.

Tuesday 26th July 2016 at 11:00

Tuesday 9th August 2016 at 11:00

VESTRY REPORT: funerals; baptisms and weddings

We published the banns of marriage for Jonathan Ross Wilby and Laura

Anne Gibbon, both of the Parish of St John's, Meadowfield, marrying by

qualifying connection, at St Brandon's on the 19th August 2016.

17th June 2016, the marriage of George Rae and Carol Kelly.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS

There will be no Messy Church during July and August. We return on

SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER

Messy crafts, songs, stories and supper together.

This month we are learning all about birds and what they can teach us

about God

Have a lovely Summer Holiday

Come and have fun with us

All ages welcome from 0-100+

If you are under 16 you will need a grown up with you.

If you are over 16 we can provide lots of children for you to play with!

Gillian (0191 373 9420) and Liz (0191 378 4465)

Our Sunday School year is coming to an end and we will be

breaking up for the Summer Holidays on Sunday July 17th

You are welcome to join us in Sunday School whatever the ages of

your children or you can play with your little ones in the Neville

Chapel.

We promise you a warm welcome.

Gillian (0191 373 9420) and Liz (0191 378 4465)

PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING DIARY JULY 2016 You are invited to use this diary to share in the prayers offered daily in church 1 Whitworth Lane and Black House 2 Pray for all those who struggle with loss and bereavement 3 TRINITY 6 Pray for all Christians meeting today in fear of persecution. For the strength and courage to keep faith 4 On Independence Day pray for the people of the USA as they look to elect a new president. 5 Wooley Grange, High Wooley, Weather Hill, South Brandon Farm and Brawns Den 6 Quarry Hill and cottages, Morley Farm, Littlewhites Farm and Goodwell Field 7 Pray for all those who are sick in body or mind and their carers 8 Station House and the Village North 9 For Jason and Kate on their wedding day we pray for a long and happy marriage 10 TRINITY 7 Pray for a church united in love and service to our Lord Jesus Christ 11 Goodwell Lea North 12 Goodwell Lea South 13 Pray for those who are lonely that they may find friends 14 Russell Close and North Field View 15 Stockley Grove 16 Foxes Row 17 TRINITY 8 Give thanks for all those who help us to worship and pray for their continued inspiration by the Holy Spirit 18 Pray for all those who have lost hope for any better times 19 Durham Road and the Forge 20 The Rectory, Rectory Cottages, Bridleway, Constable Meadows, Hoppy Acres and Thornberry Garth 21 Pray for the unemployed and those who feel themselves to be a burden 22 The Village South 23 Bridge Road and Tanglewood 24 TRINITY 9 Pray for church leaders who seek to preach God’s message of love and forgiveness in an increasingly secular world 25 The Castle and Lodge 26 For church members outside the parish 27 Park Lodge, Garden House, Nursery House, East Bothy, Scripton Lodge, Scripton Farm 28 Peppermires, Culmoran Tudhoe Lodge, Nafferton Farm, 29 Holywell and East Parks 30 Give thanks for our clergy Rick, Geoff, Alison and Fiona 31 Oakenshaw Road

For September requests please contact Alison Moore (0191 373 5674).

PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING DIARY August 2016

You are invited to use this diary and share in the prayers offered daily in church.

1 Bring before God those known to us who need our prayers at this time. 2 Scripton, Peppermires, Holywell and East Parks area. 3 Pray for those working with migrants and all who assess requests for asylum. 4 Goodwell Lea. 5 Give thanks for those leading Christian holidays and pray they minister to many. 6 The Rectory, Thornberry Garth, Hoppy Acres, Rectory Cottages and Constable

Meadows. 7 Pray for an awareness of God’s Grace in our lives. 8 Foxes Row and Russell Close. 9 Pray for those coping with prolonged illness, the sick, frail and those caring for

them. 10 Church members outside the parish. 11 Quarry Hill, the Cottages and the Goodwell Field area. 12 Pray against the stubbornness of self will. 13 On the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s death, we pray for all in the nursing

and caring profession. 14 Pray for Street Pastors giving thanks for their valuable work in our towns and

cities. 15 On the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we give thanks for her selflessness,

devotion and dedication. 16 Littlewhite Farm, the Cottages and Morley Farm. 17 Pray for those in the retail industry uncertain of future employment. 18 Oakenshaw Road area. 19 Give thanks and pray strength and grace for all Doctors and Nurses working in

danger zones. 20 Pray for the Salvation Army, giving thanks for its founders William and Catherine

Booth. 21 Give thanks that no one is beyond the reach of God’s Grace. 22 Village north of crossroads, Station House and Railway Cottages. 23 Pray and give thanks for the emergency services and all who risk their lives for

others. 24 Durham Road and the Forge. 25 Wooley Grange, High Wooley, Weather Hill, South Brandon and Brawns Den. 26 Pray for those in need and those who think they have no need. 27 Village South, the Castle, and Lodge. 28 Pray God’s blessing and empowering on all preaching or leading worship

today. 29 The Bothy, Golf Club, Park Lodge, Nursery and Garden houses. 30 We remember and give thanks for the life of John Bunyan the great spiritual

writer and Baptist preacher. 31 Stockley Grove, Bridge Lane and Whitworth Lane.

GARDEN CLUB Walkabout. 10 June 2016. 54 members and guests attended. Despite the damp weather, a most enjoyable event. Our grateful thanks to John and Sue Morgan, Jenny Marr, Peter Storey, Adrian Green and especially for opening their house to us for the meal, our thanks go to Ian and Meg Dewhurst. Thanks also to Geraldine Jennings and the many people who made the food. As usual the quality was excellent.

Future events. Friday 22 July.

An evening garden visit to Woodside House, Witton Park, Bishop Auckland. DL14 0DU. Meet at Castle Gates 6.30 or go direct to Witton Park. Anyone needing a lift, please ring Peter Aitken, 3789908, a couple of days beforehand.

Stunning 3-acre, mature, undulating garden full of interesting trees, shrubs and plants. Superbly landscaped with island beds, flowing herbaceous borders, an old walled garden, rhododendron beds, fernery, 3 ponds and vegetable garden. Delightful garden full of interesting and unusual features: much to fire the imagination. Winner of Bishop Auckland in Bloom. Their website states - “from Bishop Auckland take A68 to Witton Park. In village DO NOT follow SatNav. Go down track next to St Pauls Church.”

This will be followed by a pub meal at Toronto Lodge, Addison Road Toronto

Bishop Auckland DL14 7RJ. Toronto Lodge would appreciate notice of

numbers, so if you want to eat there, please let Peter Aitken know a few days

beforehand.

Saturday 17 September 2016. Annual Show. Wed. 12 October.

David Hall of Halls of Heddon. Illustrated talk and plant sale. More detail in

the September newsletter.

Wed. 16 November

Talk by Nick Hamilton of Barnsdale. More detail in the September

newsletter.

Open Garden

The garden of Alison Young will be open on Sunday 10th

July from 1.30 - 4.30pm.

Entry £4.00 with home-made teas and a plant stall.

Wednesday Coffee Morning Village Hall 10.30 – 11.45

All are very welcome – plus family & friends, any age!

July 6th Jean & Jim Merrington July 13th Christine Jones & Rob Waggott July 20th Janiece Spence & Stuart Allen July 27th Joan Taylor & Sheena Murray August 3rd Deborah & Bob Chapman. August 10th Vivienne Lowe & Linda Larnach August 17th Evelyn Aitken & Bill Curry August 24th Jean & Jim Merrington August 31st Christine Jones & Rob Waggott September 7th Janiece Spence & Stuart Allen September 14th Sheena Murray & Vivienne Lowe September 21st Deborah & Bob Chapman September 28th Linda Larnach & Joan Taylor

If your turn is unsuitable please swap with someone else. Josie Armstrong, Allee Longstaff or Pat Allat may be able to help. Please let your partner know: -

Pat Allat 3780454 Stewart Allen 3780871 Allee Longstaff 3780707 Evelyn Aitken 3789908 Vivienne Lowe 3780974 Josie Armstrong 01388 748902 Jean Merrington 3780952 Deborah Chapman 3781409 Sheena Murray 378 1097 Bill Currie 3783414 Janiece Spence 4356357 Christine Jones 3789297 Joan Taylor 3783630 Linda Larnach 375 7554. Rob Waggott 3780523

Do you know anyone who, for any reason, would appreciate prayer, a visit, or

perhaps to receive communion at home

Please tell Deborah Hodge, Authorised Pastoral Assistant, and she will get in

touch. 01388 745455

“ T H E B A T T L E O F T H E S O M M E ” A N O P P O R T U N I T Y T O S E E T H E O F F I C I A L

W A R F I L M M A D E I N A U G U S T 1 9 1 6

FRIDAY 1st JULY, 2016

Performances at 2.00 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.

in the Village Hall.

The film lasts approximately 80 minutes, plus an introduction.

July 1st 1916 marks the 100th anniversary of the first day of the

Battle of the Somme – one of the worst of the Western Front WW1

campaigns. Four men from Brancepeth and Wooley Colliery were killed

on that day.

To commemorate this, the Archives and History Group are arranging

two showings of the Battle of the Somme film.

This is a documentary/propaganda film produced by the Government at

the time and released nationwide on 21st August 1916. It was seen by

huge audiences in the UK, barely a month after the events it depicted.

Cinema-goers hailed it as an opportunity to see the reality of the

Western Front for the first time, and to share the experiences of the

soldiers who were fighting there.

Admission is free but donations towards the cost of hiring the hall and

overheads would be appreciated.

“If the exhibition of this picture all over the world does not end

War, God help civilisation.”

“The most important and imposing picture of the war.

David Lloyd George

Table Top Sale

Saturday 24th September 2016

Village Hall - 2-4pm

& Tea Shop

Tables £10 to hire - Please contact: jdalton2103@gmail.com or Val Gibbons

on 0191 378 4200

*SAVE THE DATE (tickets on sale in next newsletter)*

14th October - Fine Dining Event

31st December - New Year’s eve Dinner Dance

Volunteer Helper?

Do you have an hour or two to spare time per month to help Brancepeth

Community Association (BCA)? We are looking for a local villager to help the

BCA Committee collect local raffle prizes and help research community grant

opportunities. Please contact George Gibbons (BCA, Chair) 0191 378 4200.

Queen’s 90th

Birthday Tea Party

On Sunday 12 June, whilst the UK's largest ever street party, The Patron’s

Lunch, took place in The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace in the presence

of Her Majesty The Queen - Brancepeth Village held its own celebration event

to mark the occasion. A traditional street tea party event took place at

Brancepeth Castle. Over a 100 people joined in the festivities. A special

thank-you to the Hobbs/Dobson family for hosting the event in the Castle

Courtyard, also to members of the BCA for facilitating the event and to Martin

Peacock who adapted a poem to mark the Queen’s birthday and for leading

the ‘Loyal Toast’.

Winners of the Hats

Competition

Jo and James

Dalton – event

organisers

A good

turnout

despite the

weather

Thank you from the Children’s Society

Thank you to all who have given me their Children’s Society boxes for our

annual box collection and even more so for the contents. Some of you have

only had the boxes for a few months but I am delighted to say the sum has

come to just under £370. As the box sticker says ‘You are helping to

transform the lives of disadvantaged children’.

Fiona Eltringham

Brancepeth Book Club

Brancepeth Book Club will meet on Friday 8th July, 7.30pm at

7 Goodwell Lea, the home of Rosemary and Mark Monument.

The book for discussion is ‘My Brilliant Friend’ by Elena Ferrantes. This is the

first book in a series of four written by this Italian author and is set in Naples.

In August the book to be looking for is ‘The Aftermath’ by Rhidian Brook.

Friday 19th August, 24 Goodwell Lea.

Hope to see you there,

Val Gibbons.

Brancepeth Castle

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CASTLE AND ITS OWNERS”

The Archives Group, in conjunction with Brancepeth

Castle, has now produced a booklet outlining a brief

history the Castle. There has been a demand for such

a publication for some time and, at last, it is

available. Price £2.50. Copies are available from

the Archives Group or the Castle.

STOP PRESS. Tidy Village Day. 10.00 am Saturday 9th July.

Meet at the crossroads. Please bring gloves and drink.

Mike Lowe

Brancepeth's got talent!

By popular request, the Christmas Show is back on the

calendar. Please contact me if you would volunteer to do a

turn, singing, dancing, acting, telling jokes, reciting.....Acts

should be 3 to 5 minutes long, unless a lot of people are

involved. I hope all the usual performers will be on stage,

as well as some new faces. I need someone to make a

video of the show, so if you could do this please let me

know. The show will be on the 17th December, with a

dress rehearsal on 11th.

Rosemary Monument mwmonument@gmail.com

The Christmas Show The Village Hall

Saturday December 17th

Open at 7pm for drinks and snacks. Show starts at 7.30pm

Party afterwards at 7 Goodwell Lea

Contributions of food and drink gratefully received for the party,

finger food for the interval

Please come and support the glittering array of talent on stage; if

you are new to the village, this is a great chance to meet everyone.

Tickets: Members of BCA £7 adults, £3 children

Non members £8 adults, £4 children. Available at dress rehearsal

or from Rosemary Monument –mwmonument@gmail.com

Dates for the Diary:-

July 4th 11th 18th 25th Monday Snooker Club August 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th July 4th 11th 18th 25th Monday Yoga August holiday July 5th & 19th Tuesday Knit & Natter August holiday Check dates with Jean Tuesday Choir July 6th 13th 20th 27th Wed. Coffee Morning August 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st July 7th 14th 21st 28th Thursday Badminton August 4th 11th 18th 25th July 10th - holiday Sunday Youth Club

Please confirm dates with leaders

July 1st Friday Film – The Battle of the Somme - Village Hall July 8th Friday Book Club – 7 Goodwell Lea July 9th Saturday Tidy Village Day – 10.00am – Village Crossroads July 22nd Friday Garden visit – Woodside House August 19th Friday Book Club – 24 Goodwell Lea Sept. 17th Saturday Garden Show- Village Hall Sept. 24th Saturday Table Top Sale – Village Hall October 12th Wednesday David Halls of Heddon –illustrated talk & plant sale. -

Village Hall October 14th Friday Quiz Night – Village Hall October 21st Friday Tudor Costume Talk – Ladies Group / BCA - Village

Hall October 28th Friday Fine Dining Event – Village Hall November 16th Wednesday Talk by Nick Hamilton of Barnsdale - Village Hall November 26th Saturday Curry Night Banquet – Village Hall December 17th Saturday Village Christmas Show - Village Hall December 31st Saturday New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance – Village Hall Village Hall: please contact Geraldine Jennings –

gerryjennings5@googlemail.com or tel. 3781583

September Newsletter entries no later than August 20th

Please send to- Sue Morgan - sueatpeppermires@gmail.com

Front & back cover & quiz night photos by Elizabeth Metcalfe Queen’s birthday photos by Peter Aitken

Brancepeth Community Association - Management Committee

George Gibbons Chairman George Gibbons Building co- ordinator

John Morgan Vice chairman Alison Hobbs Church

Peter Aitken Secretary Geraldine Jennings Bookings

Margot Harrison Treasurer Vivienne Lowe Subscription

Jo Dalton Social Events Rosemary Monument Choir

James Dalton IT Joan Taylor Wednesday Coffee

Parish Activities Chairman B.C.A. George Gibbons, 3 The Forge (3784200)

Secretary Peter Aitken, The Copse, Foxes Row (3789908)

Treasurer Margot Harrison, Downsgarth (3784813)

Membership Vivienne Lowe, 17 The Village (3780974)

Hall Bookings Geraldine Jennings, 5 Goodwell Lea (3781583)

Archives & History Vivienne Lowe, 17 The Village (3780974)

Badminton Bianca Allen, 6 Foxes Row, (3780871)

Brancepeth Allotment John Morgan, (3781172)

Association baacommittee3@gmail.com

Book Club Rick Simpson, ricksimpson300@btinternet.com

Val Gibbons (3784200)

Choir Jean Merrington (3780952)

Drama Martin Peacock (3784268)

Flower Club Jessie Brown (3782748)

Garden Club Barry Dickinson (3782398)

Snooker Bookings Geraldine Jennings (3781583)

Wednesday Coffee Joan Taylor (3783630)

W.I. Jean Graham (3782779)

Yoga Lynne Hastie (3781871)

Youth Club Geoff Moore (3735674)

Parish Council

Chairman Jessie Brown (3782748)

Peter Aitken (3789908)

Christine Jones (3789297)

Michael Lowe (3780974)

Philip Pickles (07785998431)

David Thomas (3784465)

Parish Clerk Geoff Smith 07986197346

Lynne Rowland 07800516127

www.brancepeth-parish-council.org