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T H E B OX G R O V E B U G L E
August 2011
John Craven
THE MAGAZINE LINKING CHURCH AND PARISH
Flowers at Boxgrove 2011—’Mass’ looking towards ‘Ordination’
Inside:
Who’s Who—2
Bugle Deadlines—2
From Fr Ian—3
Sermon preached by
Mother Phlippa CSP—5
Jus Perfick!—8
Bluebell, Poppy and
Watercress—9
Peggy Hand—12
The Travellers—13
Music at Boxgrove—14
Flowers at Boxgrove—15
Jac’s Southern Italian
Beef Steak and Pasta—17
Boxgrove WI—18
Dog Show and Fête—19
Unfinished...—20
Gentle Harry’s Farm—21
Forthcoming services—28
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Priest in Charge—Fr Ian
Forrester, The Priory
Vicarage, Church Lane
(774045)
[email protected]
Hon Assistant Priests
Fr David Brecknell, 8, Priory
Close (784841)
Fr Victor Cassam, 195 Oving
Rd, Chichester (783998)
Churchwardens
Jean Collyer, 46 Bayley Rd,
Tangmere, Chichester, PO20
2ET (773661)
John Craven, Langley House,
Stane Street, Westhampnett
PO18 0NT (783278)
PCC Secretary—Richard
Chevis, Cowslip Cottage,
Dairy Lane, Maudlin (539836)
Priory Director of
Music—Mrs Janet Reeves
Priory and St Blaise
Centre Bookings and
Enquiries—Jean Collyer
(773661)
WSCC Member for
Chichester North—Mike
Hall, 6 Crouch Cross Lane
(775052)
CDC Member for
Boxgrove Ward—Henry
Potter, The White House,
The Street (527312)
Chairman Boxgrove PC—
Rosemarie Saunders (783143)
Headteacher of
Boxgrove School—Mrs
Kim Thornton
Boxgrove Village Hall
Bookings and Enquiries—
Pat Burton (07761 839115)
Who’s Who in Boxgrove
Doctors’ Surgeries in
Village Hall
Tuesdays (Dr Dunlop)
Fridays (Dr Walker)
Appointments: Langley House
(782955)
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Emergencies
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Bugle Deadlines
Other matters
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From Father Ian
W
hat a difference a few
days
can
make to our community and the understanding of itself.
The deeply unpleasant
behaviour of some of
those who camped on
the Village Playing
Field
has,
understandably, left something of a scar on the
community mind. That
visitors in the village
should have behaved
quite so badly is a huge
shame, but also something of a challenge to
us. This is so because
it draws out from some
deep corner inside us a
desire for some sort of
payback; or more simply, revenge. This is
always a recipe for disaster, and the reason
that Jesus tells us to
School
Leavers—We
send our very best
wishes to those who are
moving on from Boxgrove School:
Jack
Allez,
Megan
Boddy, Abby Derham,
Bella Fenton, Jessamin
Foster, Greg Page,
Abbie Roberts, Char-
T H E
M A G A Z I N E
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love our enemies is
that we never change
someone, or their behaviour,
by
hating
them. What happens,
instead, is that we become bitter and vengeful; rather less nice to
know. In other words,
the damage done to a
community and to the
individuals within it
can turn out to be of a
more profound nature
when we allow our anger and resentment to
change and diminish
us. The Boxgrove community is a warm and
a welcoming one, and I
would hate to see us
become anything less.
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have it any other way
because love also characterises our best relationships, our real moments of growth as individuals,
and
our
sense of belonging to,
and being with, God
who is love itself.
Every blessing,
Love is always a highrisk
strategy
and
leaves us open to disappointment, pain and
emotional injury. But,
surely, we would not
lotte Taylor, and Connor Wilson. We wish
them well in their new
schools and assure
them, always, of a
warm welcome at Boxgrove Priory, and a
place in our thoughts
and prayers.
Sunday 14th August is
the Sunday when we
mark the Assumption
of the BVM. This year
there will be a combined
service
at
10.00am.
Don’t
Miss—
‘Treasures
of
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Heaven’ [saints, relics
and devotion in medieval Europe]
This exhibition is on
in the British Museum
from 23rd June until 9th
October. It is a fascinating and moving display of religious artefacts, especially reliquaries.
Among the
exhibits there is a footshaped reliquary containing a relic of Saint
Blaise.
Alfred Edney
(1920-June 2011)
Born in Waterlooville
into a farming family
in 1920 and lived for
many years in Boxgrove before his death
in June. Alfred joined
the Army at 17, and
served in the Royal
Military Police. During
the Second World War
he saw service in
Egypt and in Europe.
After Victory in Europe
he was, for a while, in
Calais monitoring the
behaviour of soldiers in
a Café and it was there
that he met Mimi who
worked there.
Strict
wartime
conditions
were still in force as
was the blackout, so
there was not much
social life. Nevertheless, Mimi and Alfred
fell for each other and
married, in Calais, in
1945. They started a
family in about 1948
when Tony was born.
Alfred and Mimi remained in France at
that point and Tony
began school there to
begin with. They lived
briefly in Britain and
then
returned
to
France for a period.
Michelle
(Mish) was
born in 1951. In 1953
the family settled permanently in Britain.
Alfred obtained work at
the Goodwood sawmill
and Mimi also began
working in Goodwood
House. She was on the
kitchen staff to begin
with, and the then
Duchess,
Elizabeth,
eventually
appointed
Mimi as Housekeeper.
After Goodwood, Alfred worked as both
Chauffeur and then as
handyman at a Local
Authority
home
in
Bognor, a place to
which poor city children from London came
for holidays. He did
that for 14 years as
well as some other
work locally. He then
returned to Goodwood
where he cleaned the
offices. In 1980 Katy
was born to Mish and
Lynne.
Alfred and
Mimi retired together
in about 1986 and the
following year Richard
was born to Tony and
Jane.
Alfred loved to garden and had an allotment. He liked to make
things, and was a good
handyman and carpenter. He also acted as
medic for Chichester
and Lavant football
teams.
Many will remember his dry sense of humour and his droll comments on life, but
above all he will be remembered as a loving,
kind and helpful man
who took great delight
in his grandchildren,
and who would always
make time for others.
His widow, Mimi, still
lives in St Blaise’s
Road.
Until a few
years ago Lynne Edney, Alfred’s daughterin-law, was a muchloved secretary at Boxgrove School. She is a
great friend of Deacon
Jo Gavigan.
Oliver
was born in July so Alfred saw his great
grandson. FR IAN
Sermon preached by Mother Philippa CSP
The sermon preached by Mother
Philippa CSP at the Feast of Corpus
Christi 2011
The Community of the
Sacred Passion (CSP)
was founded by the
famous
Bishop
of
Zanzibar,
Frank
Weston,
and
the
Community’s work was
based in the Diocese of
Tanganyika, a country
we
now
know
as
Tanzania.
Mother
Philippa
made
her
profession as a nun in
the 1960s and has lived
in a number of the
Community’s
houses
both in Africa and in the
UK. For many years
they had a Community
house
at
East
Hanningfield and Fr
Ian, who was a curate at
a
church
near
to
Hanningfield
was
introduced
to
the
Community back in
1982. He recalls how
welcoming
and
supportive the CSP
nuns were, and, in
welcoming
Mother
Philippa as the preacher
at Corpus Christi, he
expressed his continuing
gratitude
for
the
friendship that they
extended to him at a
crucial time in his
ministry.
We support the Kwa
Mkono Polio Hostel in
Tanzania,
a
place
founded by the CSP
nuns. Although the work
of the nuns in this
country is in severe
decline
their
Community in Africa is
strong and growing. A
copy of the full text of
the sermon is available
on the Priory website via
the Bugle page—
www.boxgrovepriory.co.
uk
A
sacrament is the
outward
and
visible sign of an
inward and spiritual
grace. What does that
mean, exactly? What is
meant by a sign? Well,
if you think about it, life
is full of signs. If steam
failed to come out of the
kettle, we could have
some nasty accidents.
Unless the telephone
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were to ring, it would be
difficult to make use of
it. Without baptism,
how would we be
assured that we belong
to God? Today we must
ask
ourselves:
how
would
we
manage
without this special
sign, this sacrament of
the body and blood of
our Lord, this outward
and visible sign of an
inward and spiritual
grace?
Symbols and signs
can appear, on the
surface, to be identical.
But a symbol is a dead
thing, whereas the sign
reveals a reality. So,
too, the outward and
visible sign of the
sacrament has reality
behind it. It is the
reality of the sacrament
of the body and blood of
Christ
that
makes
Christians, the Church,
the Body of Christ here
on earth. It is our
responsibility to ensure
that this Body of Christ
is a sign to the world,
not simply a symbol.
In Tanzania, where
our Community worked,
people are very aware
that behind a sign lies a
reality. So, for them,
the sacramental life is
something real and
close. The names people
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choose for their children
are a sign of what they
think of them or hope
for them – just as, in
Old Testament times,
were
names.
The
country people among
whom we lived were
aware of the signs of
nature
and
their
accompanying reality.
Hunters studied the
signs left by passing
animals and could tell
in which direction they
were travelling. It was a
skill on which their
livelihood depended. To
these
people,
the
sacraments
of
the
Church
reveal
the
reality behind them.
Being a Christian in
Africa is, basically, the
same
as
being
a
Christian in England. I
suggest that people
from this Church might
be a sign in Tanzania of
God’s love for everyone.
One of our Sisters,
visiting in the villages
around Kwa Mkono, in
a
remote
part
of
Tanzania, saw several
children quite unable to
help with the work of
the family. People in
this area were poor and
relied on agriculture for
their support. Your
generous giving to the
work at the polio hostel
over so many years has
been a sign of Christ’s
love to the people there.
Through your donations
they have realised that
Christians
care
for
them: this is a sign that
God cares for them.
God is creator. He
shares
his
creative
ability with us, the gift
of free will, and the
strength to use it.
Likewise, we are trying
to help the staff and
children at the polio
hostel to share in God’s
work of healing. It is
good
to
witness
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such as the use of
computers
to
teach
others, or to write
letters for local people
who cannot do this for
themselves. The fact
that the hostel has a
photocopier means they
are
able
to
do
photocopying for the
school and earn some
income in that way. As
they
become
more
skilled in the art of
management, so can
their chickens generate
income. These children,
who had previously
been thought of as
useless, are now able to
make some contribution
to their upkeep and the
life of society. This is
perhaps one of the
greatest gifts they could
be given.
Some of them have
received
a
basic
education at the local
school. They are thus
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able to become teachers
or work in offices. One
boy,
on
National
Service,
lacked
the
physical ability to drill
with the other soldiers.
He was, effectively,
written off – until he
said he had trained as a
tailor and requested a
Due to constraints of space,
this is a précis of Mother
Philippa’s words.
If you
would like the full text, please
contact the Editor, or visit the
Boxgrove Priory website:
www.boxgrovepriory.co.uk
weather. Had Fr
Ian said an extraloud prayer for a boiling hot, stunningly fine
day, do you suppose? If
so, it worked.
For those not acquainted
with
Pa
Larkin (the sunny star
of “The Darling Buds of
May”) “Pa” was an ineffably cheerful soul with
a big heart and a large,
happy family of whom
he was, ear-to-ear,
smilingly proud. In Pa
Larkin’s world, the sun
always shone. So what
has that to do with the
Corpus Christi lunch?
Not much, you may
think. Except that this
special picnic in the
vicarage garden on
completion of the Corpus Christi service
was, as it turned out, a
wonderfully sunny occasion and jus’ perfick!
In our own Father Ian’s
words, it was “a joyous
occasion”. And indeed
it was.
There was
much chatter, clatter
and banter a-plenty –
not to mention smiling
faces, and the sharing
of plates, glasses and
jokes.
Good
will
abounded. The very
young rubbed kneecaps
with the not-so-young –
and throughout the
whole happy event the
hot sun blazed, relentlessly, down. Thank
goodness for plenty of
trees and shade in the
vicarage garden.
At the end of it all,
most of us lurched
home,
tired,
hot,
slightly
sun-burned,
contented. And what
does that tell us about
Corpus Christi? Perhaps a sign that all is
well.
“JUS’ PERFICK”
P
a Larkin’s words
said
it
all.
Lunch following
the Corpus Christi service at the Priory on
June 26th was just that
– “PERFICK”. Ladies
in frocks, chaps in palecoloured slacks, and
straw hats a-plenty.
Old-fashioned
words
for a timeless occasion.
And - surprise! - the
hot sun blazed down on
the vicarage garden
from start to finish.
Rain had stopped play
just about everywhere
for days previously.
Yet on this most special
date on the Church’s
calendar it was, suddenly,
unexpectedly,
delightfully and refreshingly, all change:
dry, hot, sunny, strawhat-and-ice
cream
blessed sacrament – the
most glorious sign of
God’s love for us – let us
pray that our whole
lives may be signs of the
reality of God’s life
within us.
MOTHER PHILIPPA
role making uniforms.
In this work he became
a valued member of the
team. This boy thus
became a sign, to those
whose custom it was to
despise disabled people,
that he and those like
him are able to serve
God.
These
young
people
are
the
embodiment of the love
of God. As we give
thanks today for the
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Bluebell, Poppy and
Watercress
B
luebell, Poppy
and Watercress
have, in this
context, nothing to do
with flower festivals or
cooking (in case you’re
wondering). They are,
rather, the titles of well
-known
“pre-served
railways” on which
steam
locomotives
regularly run. I have
taken journeys on all of
them, as well as some
others, and on two of
them I have actually
driven a locomotive.
They have been kept
going almost by accident, because they
were all branch lines,
most of which were
closed by Dr. Beeching.
Now, except for the
Watercress line, be-
tween Alton and Alresford in Hampshire,
they are mostly cut off
from the rest of the rail
network. The Bluebell
railway was the first
line preserved, north of
Lewes. The Poppy line
is in Norfolk, part of
the Midland Great
Northern joint railway,
which
meandered
across Norfolk, ending
at Great Yarmouth.
What is the fascination of steam railways?
I am prejudiced because my great grandfather and grandfather
were
stationmasters;
and two of my greatuncles were top link
engine drivers, one of
whom fired the “City of
Bath” on her record-
breaking run in 1904.
It took the then Prince
and Princess of Wales
(later King George V
and Queen Mary) from
Paddington to Plymouth. As a small boy
I watched my greatuncle drive a “King”
class engine out of Paddington at the head of
the “Cornish Riviera
Express” at the beginning of what was then
the longest non-stop
run in the world. My
younger brother had a
career on British Railways, beginning as a
graduate apprentice at
Swindon and helping to
build the very last
steam engine built for
British
Railways,
“Evening Star”. This is
now preserved at the
National Railway Museum at York. Many
other clergy-men are
keen on railways. The
chaplain of my college
at Oxford was President of the Oxford University Railway Society. One of the best
railway photographers
was the Bishop of
Wakefield, who actually died on a railway
platform during a photographic exp-edition!
(Continued on page 10)
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and the safety valves
And one of my prede- fizzing quietly, while
cessors
at
Saint the injectors “sang” as
George’s, Whyke, be- they pushed water into
gan as a premium ap- the boiler. Once I
prentice at Swindon climbed up, and after a
Loco-motive
Works, bit asked the driver
and published a book whether he knew Walabout the Great West- ter Brecknell, the great
ern Railway. He was -uncle
mentioned
also a keen member of above. “No,” he said,
the Chichester Model “but I
knew
Tom
Engineering
Society, Brecknell.” Tom was
whose
headquarters the other great-uncle
were in the parish.
who, I later discovered,
Some people argue wrote and published a
that clergymen are text book on the “Rules
keen on the steam en- for a Mutual Improvegine because it is one of ment
Class”
at
the few human inven- Gloucester, in which
tions which has never senior,
experienced
turned into a weapon of drivers passed on their
war – although of knowledge to younger
course the railways men. Among these was
played a vital part
in the war effort in
both World Wars.
But I think the
attraction is a bit
more subtle than
that. To mount the
footplate, which is
what schoolboys in
my day always
wanted
–
and
sometimes
were 0-6-0 A1 class - Stepney
allowed - to do,
was to move into a the father of a friend of
world of heat and mine at theological colsteam
and
latent lege who later was the
power, with the fire priest who presided at
blazing in the firebox our marriage.
(Continued from page 9)
If one is lucky
enough to have generous children like mine,
you may get the chance
to go on a Locomotive
Driving and Firing
course.
I’ve done it
twice: once on an exLondon, Brighton and
South Coast Railway
“Terrier” tank engine,
“Stepney”, on the Bluebell line, and once on
an ex-Southern Railway West Country Pacific engine, “Bodmin”,
on the Watercress line.
On this occasion, the
engine was pulling a
train of coaches with
passengers on board,
one of whom was my
grandson, who gave me
top marks for the
smoothness of my
braking!
I was
fireman in one
direction, discovering what hard
work that is, and
driver in the other
– “over the alps”,
as the local phrase
has it. The controls are all massive. The trick of
opening the regulator to start off, and
feeling this ninety-ton
monster begin to move
and slowly pick up
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speed and then, on approaching a station, to
start the regulator and
apply the brakes, is
quite different from
driving a car. At first,
nothing seems to happen – until the brake
blocks on the carriage
wheels take effect and
you feel the engine being held back and slowing down. And you
have to judge when to
let the brakes off so
that the train stops
without a jerk. (I was
congratulated on my
performance by my
driver-instructor).
Is there a sort of parallel between driving
an engine and running
a parish? Well, a parish has almost as much
inertia as a locomotive:
it’s sometimes difficult
to get it to move, and
judgement is required
in stopping it rushing
off too quickly. There is
sometimes a sense of
the power of the Spirit
working invisibly like
steam, to move people
safely forward to new
sights and experiences,
rather as a train journey takes one through
different sorts of country and town, with time
to look about and admire.
I rarely travel by
train now, and I’m too
old and therefore uninsurable to be allowed to
drive an engine. But I
have my memories –
not only of driving but
of long-distance travel,
with the pleasures of
having dinner in the
restaurant car on my
way to my first experi-
Peggy Hand
Peggy Hand, formerly
of Priory Close, Boxgrove, died peacefully
on June 9th, 2011, at
Maes y Wennol,
Llanidloes, aged 91.
Peggy’s final year in
Wales was a contented
time for her, when she
was able to enjoy regular contact with her
children and grandchil-
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ence of sailing at sea,
and going on board the
battleship King George
V in Portland harbour,
where the Olympic sailing will take place next
year. And if memory
fails, I can climb into
the loft and run my
model railway!
FR. DAVID
dren. She enjoyed
walks in the countryside right until the
end. Her family send
thanks to her old
friends in Boxgrove
who gave her so much
help, support and
friendship over the
years.
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The Travellers—
one view
M
any of us who
live in Boxgrove
have
much for which to be
thankful. So it comes
as something of a shock
to find our cloistered
calm shattered – albeit
temporarily – by a
bunch of travellers for
whom two of the “C”
words (“civilised” and
“considerate”) are apparently unknown. The
facts are these:
On July 8th, just after
6.30 pm, Henry Potter
(CDC Boxgrove ward
member) was alerted
by a phone call from
Pat Burton, manager of
the village hall, to say
that some “visitors”
had
arrived
unannounced, in a collection
of caravans, on the
playing field adjacent
to the hall.
By Sunday, just two
days later, the number
of caravans on the
playing field had increased to nine.
The travellers assumed
immediate control of
the parish land and
settled in, creating
mess, mayhem and distress to residents in
houses nearby.
On receiving the phone
call from Pat Burton,
and having confirmed
the arrival of the uninvited visitors, Henry
rang the police.
Two police cars arrived
promptly and members
of the parish council
were alerted.
This was just the start
of nearly a week of
noise and upset in Boxgrove. Of the sizable
bunch of itinerants who
appeared in Boxgrove’s
midst, Henry Potter
writes:
“Children and youths
ran riot, causing much
distress. They were
abusive and intimidating, they used disgusting language, and local
residents
became
frightened. Trash was
thrown over the playing field and the hedgerows down the playing
field were being used
as an open toilet.”
On Tuesday night the
travellers celebrated a
birthday by lighting a
bonfire
beside
the
sports club pavilion.
The logs used had been
stolen from the store of
local resident Stuart
Power, a tree surgeon.
Stuart says: “These
people are uncontrollable. They don’t work,
they steal. They live by
intimidation.
They
have no respect for people or their property.
Because they are itinerant they are untraceable. The whole scene
was ugly.”
Chairman of Boxgrove
Parish Council Rosemarie Saunders says:
“Throughout this period the parish council
was significantly involved, liaising with
police and officials. We
are now considering
erecting barriers and
what form these should
take. We are all working as fast as we can to
ensure this doesn’t
happen again.”
For the record, when
the travellers departed,
after a week camped
out on the playing field,
they left a disgusting
mess in their wake for
local people to clear up.
VIRGINIA DARLING
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Music at Boxgrove
Poetry, singing and recitals by acclaimed Priory organist
Hugh Potton will all feature in the Music at
Boxgrove series of concerts, that will run from 14-17 September.
Wednesday 14 September 2011
An Evening of Songs and Readings
Lara Richman (Soprano) and Hugh Potton (Piano)
Thursday 15 September 2011
Choral Music Through The Centuries
(including music by Byrd and Britten)
The Choir of Boxgrove Priory
directed by Janet Reeves
Friday 16 September 2011
An Evening of Chamber Music
(including music by Howells, Jongen and Vierne)
given by the Boxgrove Chamber Ensemble
Saturday 17 September 2011
The Boxgrove Festival Orchestra in Concert
including
Piano Concerto - Scriabin
Trois Poemes de Mallarme - Ravel
Premiere Rhapsodie - Debussy
Rhapsody on a Theme of
Paginini - Rachmaninov
All concerts will start in Boxgrove Priory at 7.30pm
Booking details will be available shortly on the website
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Flowers at Boxgrove
Flowers At Boxgrove,
which ran at the Priory from July 8-10th
– was surely one of
the most exciting,
colourful
and
beautiful floral
displays
to
have
been
staged at Boxgrove for several years. And
its success can
now be measured in the
amount
of
money raised,
resulting from
the arrival of
scores of admiring visitors, a
number
of
whom
came
from way beyond Boxgrove
to
experience
for themselves the
grace and beauty of
the
arrangements
against the backdrop
of the Priory. More
than £8,000 was
raised over four days,
including
preview
night, all of which
will go to the Boxgrove Priory Restoration Appeal fund.
“Everyone worked so
hard to ensure the
success of the event,
and I’m delighted
with its overall success,” says organiser
Jean Collyer.
The
first flower festival to
have been held at
The Priory since
1997, the festival
was also the first to
have taken place
since The Priory’s
major year-long restoration programme
was completed in October 2009. Father
Ian comments: “The
flower festival
was a wonderful exercise in
cooperation between the timelessness of a
beautiful historic building
and the lovely
things that we
human beings
can be inspired
to do in response to it
with our Godgiven talents.
Flowers speak
to us of life and
growth, and the
ways in which
they can be arranged can help us
as we meditate upon
God’s glorious world
and the way that he
uses us to enhance,
enrich and understand it.”
VIRGINIA DARLING
Page 16
FLOWERS AT BOXGROVE 2011
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Jac’s Southern Italian Beef Steak and Pasta
True creativity means NOT following
the rule or recipe book to the letter,
isn’t that so? Jac van Driel’s recipe
for Southern Italian Beef Steak
and Pasta is an imaginative combination devised by Jac from TWO different sources. It sounds just the
thing for a cool summer’s evening.
Ingredients:
•
2 beef tenderloin or ribeye
steaks, cut 1-inch thick (about
8oz)
•
Three quarters of a cup of
penne pasta, cooked
•
2 tbsps freshly grated Romano
cheese
Sauce Ingredients:
•
1 tbsp olive oil
•
One quarter cup of chopped
onion
•
1 clove of garlic, minced
•
Three quarters of a pound of
fresh tomatoes, de-seeded and
chopped
•
One quarter tsp granulated
sugar
•
Pinch each of salt, ground nutmeg and black pepper
•
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
•
1 tbsp freshly grated Romano
cheese
Method:
Heat oil in saucepan over medium
heat. Add onion and garlic, cook and
stir for 4 mins. Stir in tomatoes,
sugar, salt, nutmeg and pepper.
Cook and stir for 5 mins. Stir in
basil and 1 tbsp of cheese. Cover,
remove from heat.
Heat large non-stick skillet over medium heat until hot. Place steaks in
skillet. Cook steaks 10-13 mins,
turning occasionally. Season with
salt and pepper.
Spoon tomato sauce over pasta,
sprinkle with 2 tbsps cheese, and
serve with steaks.
If you have a favourite recipe that you would like to share,
e-mail it to the Editor and say why it means something
special to you.
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1919-2011
E
Boxgrove W.I.
The W.I. meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 2.15pm
at the New Village Hall
Lunch Club on the third Wednesday each month 12pm.
Book Groups meet on the fourth Wednesday each month—morning
group at 10.30am and the evening group at 7.30pm
ven before the
July
meeting
members were
active in their various
pursuits. At the end of
last month members
visited
Fittleworth
House Gardens.
It
was a lovely afternoon
where everyone was
able to wander and
enjoy not only an
informal flower garden
but also a walled
vegetable garden. Oh
to have the space and
staff
to
grow
vegetables and fruit as
they did!
Our
W.I
was
splendidly represented
in the Priory Flower
Festival. Yes we do do
more than tea and
cakes but we still enjoy
a large slice of home
made cake and that
welcome cup of tea
from a special tea-pot
and along with a
beautiful arrangement
depicting “Jerusalem”
that was the inspired
theme chosen and
presented
by
our
President,
Sandy
Bannister.
The July Meeting
started with regular
business, members are
looking forward to the
August outings, plum
picking at Ferring and
a garden visit in
Apuldram.
The
Cheese
and
Wine
Evening to be held on
Friday 21st October
was discussed.
Our
speaker was Richard
Burton who started
with some amusing
tales of a lifetime with
a famous name before
going on to his talk
entitled
‘The
Wandering
Cook’.
From an early love of
cooking he moved into
demonstrating kitchen
utensils
and
appliances often using
flambé for dramatic
effect. He showed us
his knife skills and the
safe way to sharpen
knives using a steel.
He
explained
the
advantages
induction cooking.
of
Next meeting
August 10th
An Afternoon in
Apuldram with Tea
New Members are
always welcome
Morning Book
Group
Wednesday 24th
August, 10:30 am
Discussion Leader:
Sandy Bannister
Venue: Mossat Cottage
Book: Notes from a
Small Island by Bill
Bryson
Evening Book
Group
Wednesday 24th
August, 7.30pm
Discussion Leader:
Pat Haig
Venue: TBA
Book: Trespass by
Rose Tremain.
JEANETTE DAVEY
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BOXGROVE
COMPANION DOG SHOW AND VILLAGE FETE
24th September 2011
W e are aiming to make a good profit this year in order to maintain our continued sup‐
port of Boxgrove Priory and the village hall. If you have a dog, please enter it in the dog show: there are many classes to choose from. Schedules are available from Boxgrove Stores. Stall holders will be most grate‐
ful to receive contributions for sale. The raffle and tombola will also benefit from the gift of prizes. Stall holders include: ‐ Cakes & Produce ‐ Judy Davies (781310) Jewellery & Accessories—Sandie Bannister (773396) SAINT BLAISE CENTRE The newly redecorated Saint Blaise
Centre is available for hire at very
reasonable rates. Comfortable
environment with fully equipped
kitchen.
Enquiries/bookings Jean Collyer 01243 773661 Bric‐a‐Brac (no rubbish please!)—Ron Bannister (773396) Books—Tim Pullan (532065) Toys and children’s books— Rose Smith (773507) Tombola—Doreen Johnstone (771655) Raffle—Lorraine Stapeley (774030) We also need lots of help with setting up and clearing away, and would be grateful for your sup‐
port. Henry Potter (527312) would love to hear from you. Anyone willing to help serve tea/coffee/
ice cream, etc., please contact Jean Col‐
lyer (773661). SYLVIA ST AUBYN HUBBARD (785990) GENTLEMEN’S CLUB
VILLAGE HALL
25th August, 27th October
12.30 for 1 pm lunch
Applications to attend to Henry Potter,
527312
E-mail [email protected]
£20.00 and, as before, bring your own (liquid) refreshments (this obviates the need to apply for a
licence)
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Unfinished...
W
o n d e r s
n e v e r
c e a s e .
Who would have
guessed at a live performance of Schubert’s
Unfinished
Symphony filling the
skies above Halnaker? But it happened, the orchestra
sitting on the sunsoaked grass lawn
adjacent
to
our
famed
Anglesey
Arms. It was the
afternoon of 26th
June. The orchestra
arranged themselves
under
the
apple
trees, shaded from a
sun that might have
damaged their instruments.
It was a social occasion, the brainchild of Jane Diment
(bassoon, flute and
cello exponent) who
rounded up instrumentalists from her
musical connections
– string quartets,
wind quintets, et al.
The Schubert was
the cherry on the
proverbial cake. Fixing a date weeks beforehand
was
a
weather-anxious factor, but the patron
saint of music, St.
Cecilia, blessed the
venture – influenced,
no doubt, by the year
2011, the 400th anniversary of the King
James Bible. Schubert would have approved.
It was a performance without rehears al ,
guide d
safely by the conductor, Ian GrahamJones, with Jerry
Whitman leading the
violins. The principal
winds (flute, oboe,
clarinet, horn, bassoon – the core quintet of symphony) excelled themselves, as
indeed – judging by
the richness of the
sound – did every
player.
A
song
thrush perched high
in the chestnut tree
joined in the last
movement,
where
the flute echoes the
clarinet and oboe
motif. I dare to mention just two of the
many highlights: the
delightful
“songbird” episode already
mentioned; and the
perfectly
balanced
opening horn passage to the last
movement. A third
highlight was picnic
plates, a barbecue,
and liquids guaranteed to out-Ritz the
royal establishment
itself.
Jane
was
thanked publicly for
her vision. She, in
turn, gave full credit
to her many helpers.
Your scribe wholeheartedly endorses
all this – and not
just because the lady
happens to be his
daughter!
FARQHUARSON
COUSINS
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Gentle Harry’s Farm
T
here are some
things foreigners
just don’t understand. One of them is
why we Brits take such
a perverse delight in
shivering in the semidark,
insisting
the
while that we’re having
a great time. For hours
on end we crouch on
damp turf, huddled
under umbrellas, sipping iced wine and
grimacing …… meanwhile expounding the
joys of outdoor entertainment. So why do
we put up with the rigours of theatre in the
raw cold? Through
frost, rain and occasional shine we grin
and bear it. After all,
what would an English
summer be without a
bit of a shivery chal-
lenge?
Thus it was that
“Gentle Harry’s Farm”
was so enthusiastically
supported by an audience of around 200.
“Gentle Harry ….” was
a stunning production
of a whacky, off-thewall and (it must be
said) fairly incomprehensible, play, put on
by The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company.
Performed at Halnaker
Park Cottage on July
3rd, it was a very English occasion. Neither
the play nor the production was especially
rude. But comical, in a
nonsensical way, it certainly was. It involved
two Jolly Nice Girls in
search of suitable husbands (this was 1957)
not to mention cows,
sheep and magpies
(quirky, or what?) It
was also, unquestionably, brilliant, as performed by this slender
cast of just six immensely versatile actors. In the manner of
Commedia
del’Arte
(white faces, clownlike, all) they danced,
pranced,
effortlessly
played a variety of musical
instruments,
made us laugh, listen
and LOOK. Smaller
members of the audience, and adults too,
were spell-bound. Richard Hunt, in whose
garden the production
was performed, says:
“Yes, it was pretty nonsensical, but it was
meant to be. It was also
fun, and we were delighted with the turnout.”
VIRGINIA DARLING
Ride + Stride
Saturday, 10th September 2011 9 am – 6 pm Walkers, cyclists, equestrians, wheelchair users, Visitor Registrars (in the Priory). Visit Sussex churches, many of which are not usually open, and raise money for the Sussex Historic Churches Trust and Boxgrove Priory. Sponsor forms and information available at the back of the Priory or from Jane Hald (Telephone 01243 780044) Page 22
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Daily Mass in the Priory - Monday—8.00am (9.00am on Bank Holidays); Tuesday—10.00am (with a
Short Homily and followed by coffee); Wednesday—8.00am; Thursday—7.00pm; Friday—12 noon; Saturday—8.00am and 6.00pm (which counts for Sunday communion). Confessions heard by appointment.
Sunday, 31st July 2011
Sunday, 21st August 2011
SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY
8.00am—Holy Communion
9.30am—Solemn Mass (Fr Ian)
11.00am—Sunday School (SBC)
11.15am—Parish Mass (Fr Ian)
8.00am—Holy Communion
9.30am—Solemn Mass (Fr Victor)
11.00am—Sunday School (SBC)
11.15am—Parish Mass (Fr Ian)
6.30pm—Choral Evensong (sung
by Vocali)
Sunday, 7th August 2011
SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY
8.00am—Holy Communion
9.30am—Solemn Mass (Fr Victor)
11.00am—Sunday School (SBC)
11.15am—Parish Mass (Fr Ian)
Sunday, 14th August 2011
ASSUMPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
8.00am—Holy Communion
10.00am—Solemn Parish Mass
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sunday, 28th August 2011
TENTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY
8.00am—Holy Communion
9.30am—Solemn Mass (Fr Victor)
11.00am—Sunday School (SBC)
11.15am—Parish Mass (Fr Ian)
Sunday, 4th September 2011
ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY
8.00am—Holy Communion
9.30am—Solemn Mass (Fr Victor)
11.00am—Sunday School (SBC)
11.15am—Parish Mass (Fr Ian)
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