St. Vincent’s Church, Caythorpe Parochial Church Council PARISH...

St. Vincent’s Church, Caythorpe Parochial Church Council

PARISH PRIEST: The Revd June Freshney 279199 ASSOCIATE PRIEST: The Revd Barbara Hancock 272644 CHURCHWARDENS: Mr Mike Bavin 273393 Mrs Janet Avison 272158 SECRETARY: Mrs Carol Ridler 273267 TREASURER: Mr Roger Welby-Everard 273459

SERVICES IN DECEMBER Sunday 3rd December ADVENT SUNDAY 10.00 am Fulbeck Sung Eucharist 10.00 am Caythorpe Sung Eucharist (Mrs Kelway, Mr Johnson) 11.15 am Caythorpe Family Service with Baptisms 6.00 pm Carlton Scroop Holy Communion with hymns Wednesday 6th December St. Nicholas 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion 7.00 pm Normanton Sung Eucharist Sunday 10th December ADVENT 2 10.00 am Caythorpe Sung Eucharist (Mr & Mrs Watson) 11.30 am Baptism Wednesday 13th December Ember Day 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion Friday 15th December 4.00 pm Caythorpe Christingle Service Sunday 17th December ADVENT 3 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion 10.00 am Fulbeck Sung Eucharist 6.00 pm Carlton Scroop Service of nine Lessons and Carols Wednesday 20th December 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion 2.30 pm Caythorpe Caythorpe School Service Thursday 21st December 7.00 pm Caythorpe Carol Service (Mrs Avison, Mrs Hoddell) Sunday 24th December ADVENT 4 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion 4.00 pm Blessing of the Crib 10.00 am Fulbeck Holy Communion 7.00 pm Fulbeck Service of Lessons and Carols 11.30 pm Caythorpe Midnight Mass (Mrs Hoddell, Mrs Siddans) Monday 25th December CHRISTMAS DAY 9.00 am Carlton Scroop Holy Communion 10.00 am Fulbeck Holy Communion 26th, 27th, 28th December 9.00 am Caythorpe Holy Communion

St Mary’s Catholic Church Grantham 1, North Parade (Tel. 01476 563935)

Masses Saturday 6.00 pm Sunday 8.00 am, 10.00 am Most weekdays 9.00 am

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Produced and Sponsored by St. Vincent’s Church, Caythorpe,

Parochial Parish Council Supported by the Parish Council

Editor. Roger Welby-Everard 01400 273459

A Peaceful Christmas and Happy New Year to all Our Readers“

Because we all work with or against deadlines, our contributions to Parish magazines are no exception. So in the middle of November those of us contributing to it have to cast our minds forward to the following month’s events.....not difficult when thinking about December’s entries and Christmas in particular because already the television and advertising machine is fully operational in what you could call top gear. December for the church begins with the season of Advent when we prepare not only for the coming of Christmas, of Christ born into our lives as a human being, vulnerable and helpless as a baby – and what a risk that was for God to take! but of another time, what we call ‘the second coming’ when we are challenged to consider divine judgement captured so beautifully and typically by one of Charles Wesley’s lovely Advent hymns in which he writes ‘Every eye shall now behold him, robed in dreadful majesty’. Our Bishop, Dr John Saxbee, at a recent large meeting of church members reminded them ‘of the importance of keeping Christianity at the forefront of modern society’, and I believe he said that not only because we are challenged so visibly by other faiths but because of a perhaps greater threat, that of secularisation, real efforts to marginalise Christianity in our culture and I quote him once more ‘to reduce it to just another religious brand indistinguishable from a mere opinion or point of view’. His comments were a response to the Archbishop of York’s attack on atheism and urging us as Christians to be more politically active in turning the tide of increasing political correctness that diminishes the identity of faiths. (note the use of the plural) We have ahead of us this month ample opportunity to let the light of Christ shine out as we prepare for what someone recently described as a feast of food (he meant our Christmas family meals together) which foreshadows our joining in with that great celebration feast of heaven which is our Christian hope. A reassuring thought for Christmas lunch! Each Sunday of Advent then we shall be lighting one more candle on the Advent ring as we consider the themes of Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell, and

CHURCH CLEANING 1st F’nt Mrs Scott & Mrs Russell

2nd F’nt Mr Johnson

Flower Rota Advent

Christmas Flower Guild

BRASS CLEANING Mr & Mrs Ken Miller

PHOTOCOPYING We do welcome people who wish to do some photocopying at the Rectory. This is offered as a facility to all people who live in the Benefice, and the “contributions” made (5p per copy) do help to keep the cost of maintenance of the machine down.

children who come to the annual Christingle Service at St Vincent’s will be lighting their own orange lights remembering the plight of others through a special message of St Nicholas, the original Santa Claus who figures fairly large in this benefice with three of our four churches dedicated to his name, Fulbeck, Normanton and Carlton Scroop. Details of all we offer you in services throughout the month are to be found within these pages, and may I offer you these words of peace to take us all through Advent and into what I pray will be a blessed Christmas Season for each one of us:

In the tender mercy of our God, The dayspring from on high shall break upon us,

To give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the way of peace. Amen

CHURCH FLOODLIGHTING 31st Oct To celebrate the 53rd Wedding Anniversary of Alisdair and Mary Fra-

ser-Darling and for living in Caythorpe for 50 years. 4th Nov In memory of Ken Hobbs. 8th Nov In loving memory of John Hammond. 3rd Dec Birthday memories of Brian Anderson Wetherill (Sam).

17th Dec Birthday memories of George Anderson Wetherill. 17th Dec In memory of Ronald Hepsall. 27th Dec In memory of Isaac Metheringham. 28th Dec In memory of Millicent Metheringham.

To have the church floodlit for your anniversary or remembrance contact Mary Siddans (272371)

12th Dec Good wishes to Elsie Wetherill on her 94th birthday.

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Caythorpe & District WI- November Tina Lee enthralled her audience with tales of a dream fulfilled when she sailed on the £3m replica of Captain James Cook's ship the 'Endeavour' from Boston to Whitby. She was fortunate enough to be accepted on the final leg of the commemorative journey from Australia to Captain Cook's home port of Whitby It had been her ambition to sail on a tall ship since being inspired by Douglas Fairbanks' swashbuckling films of her youth. Photographs of her adventure showed the cramped conditions on board and the tasks she and the other amateur crew had to undertake - including climbing up to the yard arms. Some crew members had completed the entire voyage fom Australia and Tina also joined two more legs of the extended voyage round the British Isles. She told how, on the 1768 voyage, most of the men and boys had been pressed into service and that the Lincoln-shire explorer and botanist Joseph Banks had not only taken his servants along but also two of his hunting hounds. It was on this voyage that sauerkraut was used as the staple diet for helping to prevent scurvy. The competition for a travel memento was won by Eileen Driver with an antique sextant. 2nd Marylyn Mason, 3rd Joan Webb. The Flower of the Month was won by Mavis Coxon, 2nd Daphne Page, 3rd.Joan Coppin. The raffle was won by Janet Tomlin. Next month's meeting is the Xmas meal at the Red Lion in Caythorpe. We meet at Caythorpe Village Hall every second Thursday in the month. New members and visitors are most welcome. Marylyn Mason 01400 272068

The run-up to Christmas is over, The last of the presents are in.

The mince pies are baked a golden brown, And safe in an airtight tin.

The gifts are wrapped and under the tree, And decorations abound,

We're short of a piece of mistletoe, But I'm sure that some will be found.

Its Christmas eve and we're off to the pub, To meet with friends and kin.

And sample a drop of seasonal cheer, And really see Christmas in.

There's midnight mass for those whose faith Goes far deeper than mine.

To celebrate with hymn and prayer, And communion of bread and wine. And weary mums and bleary dads

Will be wakened at quarter to seven.

By kids unwrapping presents As if in toyland heaven.

And later we'll all sit down to dine On turkey and Christmas fare,

With perhaps the odd glass or two of wine, And a snooze for dad in his favourite chair, And when we've dutifully munched our way

Through salad for Christmas tea. We'll all sit down and play Trivial Pursuits,

Or watch Dell Bon on TV. Mike Eyett

Christmas


I feel privileged to live in Caythorpe where people make time to hold a helping hand, the cards, letters and phone calls have been a real support and helped me to cope with all the traumas of Ken’s sudden death. My warm thanks to all who wrote, phoned and attended the funeral, not forgetting our new village hair dressing proprietor who opened her shop on the Sunday two days prior to the scheduled opening to give me a complimentary was and blow dry.

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SEEN IN THE GARDEN. What an extraordinary November we are having. I cannot remember a November with such good weather and in particular the brilliant autumn colours on the trees. The hotter weather along with dry conditions has, I gather increased the sugar content of leaves and a much richer colouring results. This colour change is a protective device to enable leaves to feed back into the tree essential nutri-ents before they are shed. For most of the month our tulip tree and copper beech have been a brilliant blaze of yellows, oranges and reds as were so many of the shrubs. It has been a joy to get into the garden and never before I have left bego-nias in the tubs for so long. We have seen a Red Admiral flying about and this is unusual as by now they would be hibernating. Simon Barnes writing in The Times commented on his surprise on seeing one in his garden. He pointed out that this is evidence of Climate Change. Very pleasant now but what comes later? Last month, I had commented on seeing fewer birds around. However the Gold-finches are back. I understand that there has been an excellent crop of berries and seed in the fields and hedgerows so that birds have had a much bigger variety of habitats for food. Also farmers are much more conscious of conservation issues and the importance of providing areas free of cultivation. If you have any spare logs of wood, do pile them up in a corner, they are a haven for different kinds of insects, beetles, bacteria as well as hedgehogs and other creatures to rest during the winter. And that is good for wildlife generally. A reader told me today of his surprise at seeing the Woodpecker at the seed feeder and not the nuts. The other day a male Sparrow hawk flew into the pine tree next door and sat on the branch for a good 20 minutes surveying our garden while one little sparrow continued the warning call. I could not take a photo though we had his yellow legs and breast in full view but his head was behind a branch! The RSPB Newsletter which I receive on-line monthly is a fascinating source of information on which I unashamedly draw when writing these notes. Do log on (rspb.org.uk) or better still join if not already a member. Alasdair F-D


Thursday Dec. 7th The Loveden Deanery Wholeness and Healing Service will be held at St Swithin's, Long Bennington (please note change of venue) at 7.30pm.. Friday Dec. 15th A Christingle Service will be held at St Vincent's, Cay-thorpe at 4pm. The offertory at this service will be for the work of the Chil-dren's Society. A warm welcome to all to join us at this lively and colourful service.

2006 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal The sum of £829.34 was donated by the people of Caythorpe and Frieston during the house-to-house and static collections for the Poppy Campaign this year. Additionally, £210.15 was donated at St Vincent's Church dur-ing the Sunday Remembrance Service and £190.00 from poppy wreaths and other donations, bringing the overall total sent to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal to £1229.49. Many thanks to all who contributed to this very worthwhile cause. I would also like to express my thanks and sincere appreciation to all the ladies who undertook the door-to-door collections.

Peter Stewart Poppy Appeal Organiser


CARLTON-LE-MOORLAND & DISTRICT ART GROUP January meeting—Thursday 18th January 2007, 7.30 pm in Village Hall

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you can see the same sights in Vezelay, Le Puy, Conques, Moissac or St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Vezelay is altogether different. It was an obligatory stopover point for pilgrims from northern and eastern Europe on the road to Compostella. There were some 500 monks there, and more than 10,000 inhabitants in the town. Pil-grims, in their hundreds, slept rough, renting the street at so much a yard. In 1095, Pope Urban II launched the 1st Crusade here. One century later, in 1190, it was the meeting-place of Philip Augustus and Richard Lionheart when they set off on the 3rd Crusade. Yet it was at a date between these two that Vezelay played a foremost role in history when, in 1146, Pope Eugene lll called for the 2nd Crusade and chose St. Bernard of Clairvaux to recruit the troops. The church was too small to cater for the crowd of knights and believers that chroniclers estimated to number more than 100,000. It was on the north side of the hill that St Bernard cried his famous, “God wants it so!” before hand-ing out thousands of crosses. And all because of a legend, already known in the 9th century, that the church contained the relics of St Mary Magdalene. The shrine in the monastery church that was raised on the crown of the hill brought fame and wealth to the abbey. The church was restored in the 19th century and is once more a glorious building. From Vezelay the pilgrim route went through Limoges and Perigeux (each with a curious cathedral) to link up with the Paris route as it joined the route from Le Puy just before the French border.

Le Puy-en-Velay, a red-roofed town of 29,000 -- known today for its lace and green lentils -- was a destination in its own right long before Santiago, and later pilgrims would stop here to re-group before facing the perils of a jour-ney to the end of the continent. The red-and-white stone cathedral, Romanesque with Arabic influence, still houses a statue of a Black Madonna, and a stone re-ported to cure fevers, though I couldn’t find it when I paid a visit last month. The cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, is a strange construction. The town is built on steep volcanic cones. The approach to the cathedral is up a long flight of steps to the level area on which the church is built. As the pilgrims came in larger numbers the nave was extended west on columns -- an extra bay in the 9th century, another in the 11th century, and two more in the 12th century. So pil-grims climbed up the steps into a kind of undercroft, up more steps through two golden doors, up another flight, and emerged into the centre aisle of the church about half way along the nave. They moved forward to venerate the image of the Virgin Mary and then left the building through the southeast door. It was said that at Le Puy, “one entered the church of the Blessed Virgin through her navel and left it via her right ear.” Today the golden doors are locked, and the modern visitor turns right, then left up a further flight of steps to enter the church through the south door. The view from the west porch over the town and coun-tryside is magnificent, interrupted only by a constant stream of pilgrims and visi-tors ascending and descending the steps. To be continued next month B H Lucas


PILGRIMAGE to SANTIAGO COMPOSTELLA I was enjoying a glass of good claret with friends at the bar of my club in

Whitehall, when the Honorary Club Solicitor, standing next to me, suddenly drained his glass and said, “I’m off, then.”

“Where to?” we asked, surprised by his sudden sobriety. “Santiago Compostella”, he replied. We were all speechless, for David Lloyd-Jones was well known as the

Welsh agnostic among us, and here he was, about to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great (Sant iago) in northwest Spain. Nevertheless, as he slipped his rucksack over his shoulder we all accompanied him across Hunger-ford bridge to Waterloo Station, and having one for the road at the buffet, we cheered him on his way as he checked-in for his Eurostar train. It reminded me of Dylan Thomas’ story, “The Outing.”

The story of Santiago began with the apostle James the Great who un-dertook missionary activity in North West Spain. After his martyrdom in Jerusa-lem his body was transported back to Spain by boat for burial there, but the site of his grave became lost in the following centuries. Then, in the C 9th, a monk, who had been guided by a star, reputedly rediscovered his remains in a field. A church was built to secure the sacred bones and the town that grew up around it was called Santiago de Compostella - St James of the Field of the Star. The reputation of the relics thus established, people from throughout Europe flocked to the site.

The symbol of the pilgrim became the scallop shell, which arose from the story of how a horse and rider plunged into the sea when the body of the apostle first arrived in Spain; miraculous intervention saved the rider's life and as he emerged from the sea he was seen to be covered in scallop shells which fell away as he rode off into the distance.

For Christianity, the first group of pilgrims were the shepherds of Beth-lehem who attended the stable, though it was the second group, the Magi, who provided the clearest statement of the pilgrim's mission: "we have come to wor-ship Him".

The great age of the pilgrimage was the 12th century, when the Camino, the road to Santiago, was believed to have carried between half a million and two million pilgrims a year. While pilgrimage did not have the same importance fol-lowing the Reformation, the Camino never died and is still used by Pilgrims, travelling the entire route propelled only by their own motive power.

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ON TRAVEL CAYTHORPE TO SCUNTHORPE AND BACK IN A DAY?

“Scunthorpe? Who wants to go to Scunthorpe? There’s nothing there, is there?”

This seems to be many people’s response whenever Scunthorpe is mentioned these days. Yet until not so very long ago Scunthorpe Lincolnshire was synonymous with the British iron and steel industry, and in status stood alongside Corby, Northants. as the ‘Big Two’ of the East Midlands ironstone field. But time marches on. So nowadays there is the old Scunthorpe, the iron and steel Scun-thorpe, and the 2007 new Scunthorpe to visit. With a population of around 72,000 it is more than twice the size of Grantham. For those with eyes to observe and a mind to pon-der there is plenty to see in Scunthorpe. You make of it what you will. From Caythorpe to Scunthorpe by rail via Grantham is about 83 miles each way. The 50 miles from Grantham to Doncaster takes a little over 30 minutes, but the last 23 miles on to Scunthorpe takes 40 minutes. A grand train ride of course, but rather a long way round. But there is the bus. Here’s an example Monday – Friday journey. (The journey can still be done on a Saturday but there is less time in Scunthorpe due to the later outward start). Catching the 07.01 bus from Caythorpe High Street Red Lion bus stop gets you into Lin-coln at 07.55, traffic permitting. This connects conveniently with Stagecoach’s 08.40 Service 353 to Scunthorpe via Kirton Lindsey, due in Scunthorpe at 10.14. Alternatively, there is Stagecoach’s Service 100 leaving Lincoln at 08.35 to Scunthorpe via Gainsbor-ough, due at Scunthorpe at 10.23. This gives you almost 8 hours in Scunthorpe. If you don’t intend coming back the same day you can journey on and on to Hull, or into deepest Yorkshire, and the far north. For the latest return journey (in the dark this time of the year) you need to catch the 18.10 Service 100 from Scunthorpe bus station, due Lincoln at 20.00. The last Service 1 bus from Lincoln bus station leaves at 20.45, due Caythorpe High Street at 21.24. So, having made your judgment on Scunthorpe, you’ll be home in time for the ten ‘o clock news. The cost? Without a doubt the sensible thing is to get a Day Ticket when you first get on the bus in the morning. Adult £6-50, Over 60/ Disabled Concession £5-00, Family £14-50 (but to be fair, it is a long haul for children). With a Day Ticket you could travel out via Gainsborough and back via Kirton Lindsey, or vice versa, or decide on a whim to get off at Kirton or Grayingham or Scotter or Knaith Park Nag’s Head or Gainsborough, and spend the day there instead. You could of course reach for the keys…….. . According to AA Route Planner it is just 44 miles from Caythorpe to Scunthorpe and you can drive it in 1 hour and 10 minutes. But there’s no adventure in driving. Just sitting there driving, or just sitting there, you can’t see over the hedgerows and over the hills and far away. All you see is the road. And think of that extra engine, and global warming and climate change, and Scun-thorpe’s traffic problems………

Have a good day in Scunthorpe. John Ginns.


CAYTHORPE – A PERSONAL VIEW – A CHAIN OF EVENTS Last month I explored the northern side of South Parade concentrating on the terrace of two-up, two-down stone built cottages that were built over one hun-dred and fifty years ago. This month I am turning my attention to the row of semi-detached bungalows, on the opposite side. All I knew about the south side of South Parade was what I had learned from the deeds to our property, together with snippets of information found in Lin-colns Archives. If it had not been for a chance meeting with a person walking their dog I would have had no idea there was such a fascinating story connected to South Parade and Frieston Path. The known story begins on the 28th of June 1907, when a certain gentleman by the name of Thomas Smith entered into a pre-nuptial agreement with a widow by the name of Jeanette Benjamin. The first thing that intrigued me about that legal document was the fact that people actually used the law, during the Edwardian period, to safeguard their assets should the forthcoming marriage fail, or to make certain provisions about ownership of chattels in the event of death. I assumed, quite wrongly, that that legal loophole was a new fangled method used extensively by Hollywood stars, and other ‘celebs’, in order to hold on to their money in the event that the marriage break up. But here we have evidence this was not the case. It would appear that Thomas Smith lived in Kilburn at the time, although we are led to believe that he was deemed to be a life long tenant of a parcel of land situated between South Parade and Hough Road, Frieston, near Caythorpe. His future wife, Jeanette also lived in London her address is given as Clifton Gar-dens, in the county of London, and does not appear to have any connection to the village. This legal pre-nuptial agreement is couched in typical jargon and occupies several pages of text before it actually get to the point which was that in the event of Thomas’s preceding his wife she would receive an annual sum of £450, as long as she remained a widow. In the event of her re-marrying the bequest would cease. That all seems pretty straightforward to me, although one aspect does pose question: who was the original owner of the land given to Thomas? It seems the parcel of ‘ground’ formed part of the Parker Smith Estate, with the portion given to Thomas being an enclosed piece of land known as ‘Townsend, or Burton Close’. As neither address appears on the 2001 electoral register I have no idea of the actual location, what I do know is that the western boundary meets Edward Hossey (actual spelling) Packe land. While it is difficult to pin point the exact location of this close there is another name which I immediately recognise, Back Lane, referred to in the document as Backside and, in all probability, another name for Back Lane might have been

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CAYTHORPE & FRIESTON VILLAGE HALL A note for your diary our ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DRAW will be held at the village hall on Saturday the 16th December 2006 at 11.a.m. This years top prize is a week-end away at a luxury hotel for two. The hotel of your choice to be chosen from the hotel group brochure. Plus at least another 10 prizes. Coffee & Tea will be available, together with our famous mulled wine. Remember you have to be in it to win it, so if you have not brought any tickets these are on sale through all the user groups, and com-mittee members. One of the planned activities for the village hall was to be a computing course for beginners. Unfortunately owing to lack of advertising from the organisers, they did not achieve a sufficient response, and decided to can-cel. We are very sorry about this, but if any of you are still interested in attending this course, we will try to get them to reconsider. (please contact Jeff Coxon on 273558) Peter Taylor (Chairman)

The Social Club Due to the refurbishment of the Pavilion the Social Club will close on Monday 11th December .It is hoped to reopen towards the end of January 2007. The last opening will be on Sunday December 10th Sue Dix

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Caythorpe & District Garden Society - November Some of the extraordinary gardeners that Alan & Marylyn Mason had met during 15 years of making television programmes around Britain and Europe were the subject of the November meeting. They ranged from the charming and talented 92 year old Prince Peter Wolkonski at his garden in Northern Brittany to a for-mer bookmaker's fun garden in Spain plus a host of exquisite gardens and their creators. The December meeting, at Carlton Scroop village hall will be the Xmas social, highlight of which is to be the now traditional mini-panto per-formed by members of the committee. The garden society meets every second Tuesday in the month at Carlton Scroop village hall and is looking forward to welcoming new members and visitors in the New Year .

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Use second number for Lincs CC lights which have a black no on yellow background Highway Problems.......................................... 01522 553170 Environment Agency (Smells!) ......................0800 80 70 60 Caythorpe Beat Officer (PC McGibbon) .............01400 281852 /07939 312821 Grantham Police .............................................01476 402222 Grantham Fire Station.....................................01476 565441 Grantham Hospital..........................................01476 565232 South Kesteven District Council.....................01476 406080 SKDC Environmental Health 24 hr Helpline..01476 406375 SKDC Contract Monitoring (commercial waste) 01476 406276 (Garry Knighton) Lincolnshire County Council ..........................01522 552222 LCC Waste Disposal Services ........................o1522 782070 Trading Standards ...........................................01476 561061 NHS Direct .....................................................0845 46 47 Samaritans.......................................................08457 90 90 90 Childline .........................................................0800 1111 NSPCC Child Protection Helpline..................0808 800 5000 Lorry Litter ....................................................01522 554817 (Tim Collis LCC Env) Or ................................................01522 785043 (John Giles Env Agency)

Caythorpe Mother & Toddler Group We meet each Friday in the Village Hall at 1.45 pm to 3.15 pm. Cost for Mother and one child £1.50, additional adults/children 50p, babies under 9 months no charge. Drinks and biscuits included The ’Messy Monkeys’ group will be with us on 17th November. For further information contact: Marie 279088

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