The magazine of Holy Trinity Parish Church Sutton Coldfield May-June 2013
The Easter flowers church and the
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TRINITY May-June 2013
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s Benjamin Franklin famously said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” There is nothing we can do about the latter – except pay them! So many times, at funerals, I have learnt many things about the deceased I wished I had known during their lifetime. In a strange way it brings life into focus and makes us think about what is really important. We all, at times, get caught up in problems which can seem insurmountable but weeks later we look back and wonder why we were worried. Why do we worry over things which are trivial? Human nature, I guess, but it is important not to lose sight of what is important like God, love, family and relationships. It is good to reminisce and it is good to look forward. Who can forget the anticipation in childhood of some planned visit or event? But real life is happening now and the expression ”live for today” has much to commend it. Today is the tomorrow of yesterday and although we cannot change the past, we can sometimes change the future but today is here for the taking so enjoy before it has gone. ROGER
Contents: John Routh writes ................ 2 Christian Story .................... 23 Crossword .......................... 19 Ethical Growth ...................... 6 For the love of Poetry .......... 12 Guilty or Not Guilty 2 ............. 9 Love ................................... 24 Old Man.............................. 24 PCC .................................... 17 Registers ............................ 22 Scouting News .................... 18 Skydive............................... 11 Through a Glass Darkly ......... 4 Tribute ............................... 15 Trinity .................................. 24 Woman’s Poem .................. 21 Youth Matters ...................... 5
Editors: Stella 329 2101 s_thebridge@yahoo.com Roger 308 1185 roger.smallwood@btinternet.com Louise 240 6366 louisejharden@hotmail.com
Rector’s Remarks Christian Aid Week 12th –18th May 2013
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or this magazine I'm giving my slot over to Christian Aid Week. Today around 870 million people are desperate for food. There is more than enough food in the world for everyone, yet 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry every night. This is a scandal. This year, Christian Aid Week is focusing on projects around the world that support communities to find ways to ensure they have enough food to eat. Here are a couple of examples ... In the Amazon rainforest in eastern Bolivia, Christian Aid’s partner the Centre for Research and Training of Peasants (CIPCA) is working with marginalised indigenous communities to secure the rights to the land where they have lived for generations. Over the past few years CIPCA has helped more than 1,000 families secure legal ownership of the land they have lived on for generations, protecting them from the cattle ranchers and mining and logging companies who had been trying to drive them away. CIPCA helps communities to increase the amount of food they have while protecting the forest. CIPCA is also developing new sustainable businesses with the communities, such as growing the region’s high-quality cocoa. It is teaching the communities how to keep woolless sheep and breeds of hens that thrive in the forest, as additional sources of food. Because families are safe on their land, they can invest for the future. CIPCA is helping them to diversify their agriculture, giving each family seeds or saplings for 52 different types of crops and teaching them to grow them well. While some crops, such as rice or maize, are ready to harvest within a year, the communities can plan ahead and plant cocoa saplings like this one or citrus trees for harvesting after a few years. They also plant their own hardwood trees, which may take 30 years to mature before the wood can be sold or used to build their children’s homes.
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Meanwhile, in the heart of Kenya, Christian Aid’s partner Christian Community Services Mount Kenya East (CCSMKE) is working with farming communities who are experiencing increasingly erratic weather patterns. Not being able to predict the best times to plant or harvest has led to many failed crops and to hunger. Farmers here never had access to weather forecasts specific to their region before. Most people don’t have a television or radio and even for the ones who do, the forecasts are not for their local area and so are not helpful. But weather forecasts are becoming increasingly important as the climate becomes more erratic. So over the past year CCSMKE has begun a new project. It is sending small-scale farmers scientific weather predictions and forecasts via text message in everyday local language. Even in rural areas, most families have access to a cheap mobile phone, which are the only means of communication. CCSMKE has also provided training to help them adapt their farming techniques to the changing climate. There are many local varieties of crops available, which are best suited to different lengths of rainy season and other conditions. Farmers are now able to make informed decisions about what and importantly, when, to plant. Join in with Christian Aid Week this year, on 12th to 18th May, and help people to bite back at hunger. Thousands of churches will stand together as some 100,000 committed volunteers will go out and put their faith into action - raising funds to help some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, and demonstrating to our communities that the church cares about ending poverty and injustice. Meanwhile, thank you for your support in Christian Aid Week - for helping with the door-to-door collection, and for your own generous donations. JOHN
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Through a Glass Darkly – A Summer of Teaching
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ur readings in May and June are full of interesting teaching points and raise some challenging questions for us to wrestle with. There are also, however, some really encouraging reminders of how much God loves us. The most remarkable fact is the way in which he calls to us constantly and seeks us out. He stays with us even when we disappoint him unless we totally turn our backs on him. Of course, the more we recognise his presence with us and see him in others, the more we are able to see what he does for us and to appreciate him. Because he loves all humankind he expects us to be considerate of others because they are all his children and he is concerned for them all. When we show compassion to other people we are working in partnership with God in doing his work. During these weeks we have two passages that strike an almost modern note. The news of our God’s goodness is to be made known to foreigners even in Solomon’s day. This extending of God’s good news to outsiders is a recurring theme in the ministry of Jesus and eventually even the early Christian fathers recognised this and spared no effort to take the gospel to all parts of the known world. Lucky for us that they did! It was the way in which Elijah raised the widow’s son that struck me as so up -to-date. The length of time that it took, the way he stretched himself over the boy and breathed into him seemed to suggest that Elijah understood the principles of resuscitation. Jesus, however, when he raised the son of the widow of Nain, needed only to speak, being himself the Word. It feels to me slightly disappointing that Legion, full of love and gratitude after his healing is not allowed his wish to follow Jesus but is given the more mundane instruction to go home and tell his family and friends all about it. Two possible reasons for this, do you think? It helped to spread the word about Jesus, but it also stamped out any rumours and criticism, showing to the world that he had indeed been cured. Have a lovely summer. JEAN SCHNEIDER
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Youth Matters
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think many of you know that I play the guitar and a lot of you will have heard me play in some sort of band accompanying worship. I am not very good though; in fact I am really quite rubbish nowadays. I was playing once and had not been able to get the microphone to work for the first 4 hymns so I wasn’t really being heard. For the 5th hymn I sorted the mike out and found myself then lamenting the fact that I would now have to play the right notes! What isn’t such common knowledge is that I grew up learning classical guitar and, although I say so myself, I was quite competent. I was learning for pleasure and not interested in passing formal exams but I still have a lot of things I used to be able to play reasonably well and they are hard! The thing is, I did not keep up the practice and, as they say, practice makes perfect. If you want to be good at something then you have to put some effort into it and develop good disciplined habits of putting in regular time in order to become skilful. And it is a gradual process. You don’t pick up a guitar for the first time and play a concerto; you have to build up to that over a long (very long) period of time. At first you learn the basics and then build on them. Some people think that when they become a Christian that that is it; they have arrived. But the reality is that we have not arrived, but rather, have just begun a new journey and there is much to learn. If you are going to be a healthy growing Christian then it will take time and you have to put effort in, such as reading the Bible, praying, learning to love others, meditating on how a Christian should live in and contribute to the world we live in today and getting to know God: it is an unusual person who can decide to follow Jesus and immediately be perfect at doing so! When I was at school my music teacher constantly gave me A’s and said in my reports that I was a very musical girl and should go far in this subject. And I haven’t, through my own fault, and that’s sad. As Christians, all of us have huge potential and could ‘go far.’ Pray God that we don’t reach the end of our lives and have to admit we haven’t put the time and effort in. What a waste that would be! SUSIE WALKER
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Ethical Growth
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ne glorious Spring dawn 60 years ago, I noticed the first sound of human activity was the distant chinking of bottles on an early milk round. Since those days a background rumble has grown to pervade every moment of the day and night. Noise is just a symptom of energy use, needed to support the needs and whims of an ever increasing population. Success in finding new sources of fuel encourages more growth, but to what end? The frenetic despoliation of our planet is not what I regard as progress.
Advances in technology appear to have lulled the human race into an expectation of ever increasing prosperity, which is not possible on a limited planet. Instinct to grow and prosper, applicable to all life, is modified by death and evolution, whether we like it or not. It is tragic that population has expanded to such plague proportions that much of the 6 billion inhabitants will never know the meaning of prosperity. Being slaves to basic instinct while knowledge and communication are so improved has put our grandchildren in banal, ignorant jeopardy. The insane discrepancy between rich and poor and the mad scrabbling to secure resources are indicative of an inept use of intelligence in the 21st century. I am perplexed why most appear not to care beyond immediate desires, when the evidence of excessive plundering is so clear. As skyscrapers proliferate, so do wars, slums and refugee camps. If my concerns are na誰ve, someone, please enlighten me, for domination by the few or complete systems collapse are waiting impatiently to confound you, me and all the other plebs. It is forecast that population will stabilise around 9 billion when prosperity will have negated the need for large families. In the meantime, while expansion accelerates, the effect of Resource and Religious wars, and probable spread of disease, are likely to prevent those necessary improvements. It is far more likely that weak entities will continue to be suppressed by the powerful, until they also run out of resources. It has been mooted that all religions stem from a single ancient source, intended to modify excesses in primeval nature of man. The human genre has an inherent capacity to reason, and co-operate. But it is man, not God, that has hijacked the essence and introduced competitive religions with all their self-righteous indulgence. Although technology has produced the means to implement temporary solutions, a willingness to use it selectively, and unselfishly for the sustainable benefit of everyone has not been acknowledged. Simple truths as promoted by those ancient teachers were and are valid to every individual, and they remain the most hopeful means of returning to sane, sustainable life on earth. HAMISH TURNER
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Guilty or Not Guilty – a follow-up
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n one of my visits to my home town, my attention was directed to an article about Bishop Vesey. I seem also to remember having heard the rumour about him using the Exeter Cathedral proceeds towards benefiting his home town of Sutton, rather than Exeter. However, some years ago as part of a group I went on a Study Day visit to Exeter Cathedral and we were given access to its magnificent Library. I asked the Librarian if he would be kind enough to check whether this rumour had any truth in it. He contacted me some time later with, as far as he could ascertain, the following facts which I am giving from memory so it may not be completely correct: 1) Bishops were not always buried in their Cathedral and in Vesey’s case he could have requested to be buried in his home town. 2) Vesey was much in favour with Cardinal Wolsey, became Chaplain to Henry VIII and was appointed first a Canon of Exeter Cathedral and in 1519 its Bishop. Henry VIII awarded him the “temporalities” of the Diocese worth about £1,500 a year. He survived the fall of Wolsey and prospered under his successor, Thomas Cromwell, until 1551. It seems he was a bit of a lacklustre Protestant and was deprived of the Bishopric (and the “temporalities”) but given a pension of about £500 a year. He was succeeded by Myles Coverdale who was one of the translators into English of the Bible and, I think, was partly responsible for the Book of Common Prayer. However, he was deposed by Queen Mary and Vesey was restored to the See when the very Catholic Queen Mary (to whom he had been her Tutor) came to the throne. He died in, I think, 1554. “Temporalities” I understand to mean the revenue from properties etc. accruing to a church or cathedral, nowadays it would be called a “stipend”, but all revenue now goes to the Diocese and is apportioned to Priests and Bishops etc. It appears, therefore, that Vesey would have been a very wealthy man in his own right and would have had no need to “steal the Cathedral’s silver” etc. to benefit Sutton. I have tried to check how much "£1,500” is in today`s money and it appears to be in the region of £4 million – and that per year! He was Bishop for over 30 years. So, assuming he was a man of honour and integrity who loved his home town, he could well afford out of his income to do what he did to benefit Sutton and its townsfolk. My verdict, based on slender but rational evidence, is “Not Guilty!” JON GLAUERT
Jon refers to an article which appeared in Trinity in the Jan/Feb edition, 2009. He is an old boy of Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School and is now the Administrator for Holy Cross Church in Mark, Somerset - Ed
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Skydive Peter Anderton is Skydiving on behalf of the Help for Heroes Charity on Sunday 28th April, 2013
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he Oxford Concise English Dictionary defines the word Ambition as “a strong desire or aspiration”.
I have had many ambitions in my life and been lucky enough to experience some of them. I think that my first ambition was decided by my parents when they entered me for the 11+ examination. However, I had always wanted to go to sea in some form. My ideal ambition was to go to Dartmouth as a Royal Naval Officer Cadet with the second choice being a similar role in the Merchant Navy. I just wanted to go to sea. I achieved the secondary ambition when I joined the Ben Line as Navigation and Deck Officer Cadet. I completed my Certificates of Competency and left them as a 1st Mate. As you can imagine, being in a company that sailed between Europe and the Far East, life was often exciting as well as dangerous. Like most of us, my next ambition was to marry and raise a family. This I did and, as a result, I now have 3 grown up children. Until the recent realisation that I may be able to carry out my most daring ambition of Skydiving, I was able to ‘swallow the anchor’ and undertake a varied and interesting career in Telecommunications Project Management for three large Blue Chip organisations and retiring in 2001 aged 61. I am now in a position to do my Skydive because I have lost just over 2 stone in weight since May last year. I Googled ‘Skydiving for the Old and Bold’ to find someone, somewhere in the UK who would help me to achieve my ultimate ambition. I have booked to go with UK Parachuting at Sibson Airfield, Peterborough on 28th April to do a Tandem Parachute Jump. At the moment I have online donations of £641.25 and other donations of roughly £300.00. That is near to my ambition (that word again) of raising £1,000. If this Skydive is successful!! I will undertake another one on behalf of the Holy Trinity Church Reordering Project. I leave it to you to define SUCCESSFUL. I would like to thank all those who have contributed to Help for Heroes. It is an honour for me to do this Skydive for them. See you all after Sunday 28th April 2013, I hope. I might make it back down to earth for the APCM!!! PETER ANDERTON
We wish Peter every success in his terrifying ambition and look forward to his second jump, for HT - Ed
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For the love of Poetry
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n 2009 Poetry Rivals was launched - one of the biggest and most prestigious competitions ever held by Forward Poetry as published by Bonacia Limited. Poets
were invited to write a poem that showed true creative talent, a poem that would stand out from the rest. The competition has gone from strength to strength since then. Winning entries are published in a compilation book, and are in with a chance of winning a literary prize of £1,000. Being a compulsive competition entrant and a poet made this a must for Susan Maxwell, a Lichfield lady who has been writing poetry for forty years and who has won many prizes including hair styling sessions and beauty products. Susan's poem (see page 24) was chosen from amongst entries presented from all over Britain to be included in this poetry compilation. Susan will need to go along to the publishers and read her own poem to be in with a chance of winning. Susan will also shortly have more that 100 of her own poems published in a solo anthology. These works were written over her lifetime and inspired by a love of poetry that goes back to her schooldays when she studied the Great War poets. Susan is a member of Lichfield Gospel. Choir. She is known to be a descendant of poet William Roscoe who was an active slavery abolitionist (alongside fellow campaigner William Wilberforce) and is commemorated by a statue in Liverpool. Susan is married to Peter Maxwell who most Lichfeldians will know as the tireless campaigner (and fundraising Santa) for St Giles’ Hospice. Last December was the fourth consecutive year that Peter has collected for St Giles and his total raised was £1708.40. Well done to all who put their hands in their pockets!
Susan was baptized at Holy Trinity and was a keen and enthusiastic member of the PCC and many church organisations and groups—Ed.
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John Harvey Hallam – A Tribute
27th January 1917 - 21st February 2013 have been asked to say a few words about Harvey and what he meant to Iremarkable us here at Holy Trinity. His daughter Caroline has just read for us that chapter from Ecclesiasticus (Chapter 44 v1..22) telling us about the attributes of famous men, of rulers and wise men. Well, we cannot all be famous, or wealthy or powerful but ,as the reading tells us, there are those whose righteous deeds will never be forgotten. “The assembly declares their wisdom and the congregation declares their praise” Members of the congregation of Holy Trinity are here today to praise and affirm Harvey as someone who made a difference to their lives. Of course when we talk about Harvey, we can never forget Elaine; they were a constant presence in this church and always had such a quiet dignity about them. Harvey and Elaine came to Holy Trinity in 1979 and immediately became deeply involved in church life. Elaine joined the Outreach Committee, and Harvey became Electoral Roll Officer. An abiding memory of him is of him standing in this church, when Annual General Meetings were held here, and quietly giving an account of the comings and goings of people on the Electoral Roll. He gave great confidence to the congregation that here was a man who had faithfully carried what was asked of him. Someone in whom there was complete confidence and a loving respect. As the years wore on and Elaine became increasingly restricted to home; it was a pleasure and a privilege for members of the Pastoral team to take them both communion. There was always a warm welcome and Harvey would make coffee after Ccmmunion, over which there was much conversation about family; as well as Elaine’s childhood in India and Harvey’s achievements in amateur dramatics. Life seemed that much better for having spent time with them. After Elaine died, Harvey insisted that home Communion was not for him, he was determined to carry on coming to church. Of course he had assistance in attending church in the last few years, but he was a truly wonderful example of independence and determination. I think the only regret he ever showed was when he had to give up his beloved games of Bridge because of failing eyesight. Harvey was a wise man, a caring person, a family man, proud of his own family and keenly interested in the families of others. Harvey was a delight to know and to talk to, we will miss him deeply at Holy Trinity. The above is the text of an address given by Revd Paul Duckers at Harvey’s funeral on 12th March
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Margaret’s Memories from the March 2013 PCC meeting
• Arrangements were made for the 2013 Annual Parochial Church meeting and the draft accounts for 2012 were tabled.
• The insurance cover on the church and Trinity Centre was reviewed. • We now have a faculty and planning permission on the main re-ordering scheme subject to a couple of conditions regarding the tower lobby and the new choir vestry. Decisions will soon have to be made regarding the new organ and we must now start thinking about fundraising.
• A draft Health and Safety policy was considered. • The Christmas tree festival was confirmed for early December. • The possibility of having a ‘Friends of Holy Trinity’ was discussed. • The Reflection Day Follow-up working group have begun to review the ideas put forward on the day and presented initial thoughts.
• Reports were received from all the committees, working groups and inter-church committees.
• Plans for various services and social events were noted. Details can be found elsewhere in this publication, on the website, on Facebook or in the weekly notices.
MARGARET LE BROCQ PCC Secretary
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164th Birmingham (Holy Trinity) Scout Group 4th Sutton Coldfield (East) Scout Group New Chair
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he Group Executive is pleased to welcome a familiar face as its new Chairman. Paul Codd was Group Scout Leader at Holy Trinity for approximately 4 years from around 1996. Paul’s involvement with the Group started when his son Dan became a Beaver in 1987. Dan and his younger brother Sam both became Beavers, Cubs and then Scouts. Paul started his Scouting journey when he became a Cub and then a Scout with the 1st Allerton, 27th Liverpool Group and particularly enjoyed the outdoor activities especially camping. In fact Paul enjoyed camping so much that he continues to camp with his wife Ros and their tent can regularly be found in a variety of places during the summer months!
The Codd family’s involvement with Scouting will hopefully continue when grandson Ben reaches the age of 6 and can become a Beaver! Scout Troop A number of Scouts took part in the Chase Walk held in March. They managed an impressive 14 miles over Cannock Chase. Well done! The end of April brings the District Camp at Blackwell Court, near Bromsgrove when Scouts will have the opportunity of taking part in a number of activities. The Scout Troop is also planning to do some serious climbing in the next few months. Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers If you are offered these vouchers please accept them on behalf of our Scout Troop and leave them in the Trinity Centre Office for Tom Parkin, Scout Leader. Details of when the various Sections meet can be found in the pull-out section of this magazine. The Leaders, Dave (Beavers), Jess (Cubs) and Tom (Scouts) would be pleased to see members of the congregation on Section nights – just contact them first to make sure they are not meeting away from the Trinity Centre. SUE PARKIN
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Both the junior and adult choirs at Holy Trinity require capable and enthusiastic singers to join them to lead worship. The commitments are to Sunday 10am services, occasional evening and special occasions, Friday practices and weddings (small payment for weddings!) Also instrumental players for occasional band accompaniment. Talk to Stella if you think you might be able to serve the church in this way. 0121 329 2101
Friday practices Juniors from age 7: 6.30pm-7pm Adults: 7.15pm
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A Woman’s Poem Before I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a man who's not a creep, One who's handsome, smart and strong. One who loves to listen long, One who thinks before he speaks, One who'll call, not wait for weeks.. I pray he's rich and self-employed, And when I spend, won't be annoyed. Pull out my chair and hold my hand.. Massage my feet and help me stand. Oh send a king to make me queen. A man who loves to cook and clean. I pray this man will love no other. And relish visits with my mother.
The men have a right of reply. All contributions welcome—ed ______________________________________________________________
Old Man
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n old man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the front pew. When the church warden came by and noticed this, he whispered to the old man, “Sorry sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The old man just groaned but didn't budge. The warden became more impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the curate." Once again, the old man just groaned. The warden marched briskly back up the aisle and in a moment returned with the curate. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the old dishevelled man, but with no success. Finally they summoned the rector who surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "Right sir, what's your name?" "Fred," the old man moaned. "Where are you from, Fred?" asked the rector. With terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Fred replied, "The balcony."
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From the Registers ... Baptisms 17th March - Steven Hylton Aidan Newman Smith Ella Rose Herriotts
We welcome these children into new life with God, as part of our church family
Marriages 20th April - Stephen Langley & Katieann Lomas Brian Gough & Angela Malkin
We wish them every blessing in their future together
Funerals 19th February - Augustine Edwards 8th March - June Mary Eaves Doreen Angela Beryl Long 12th March - John Harvey Hallam 18th March - Helen Elizabeth Lester 26th March - Audrey Brown 3rd April - Patricia Dolling 22nd April - Charles Alan Ashton 23rd April - William Powell
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A Christian Story
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ow where to begin? I don't think Nick Corbett would object to my saying of him "Who’s he?". Let's begin at the beginning.
I was out one Saturday morning before Christmas and we were stopped - Jill and me - by an agreeable young man. This essay is going to have a few "who’s he?"s in it. So I have already described our young author: Nick Corbett. He is the author of Palace of Pugin which turns out to be a biography of Augustus Pugin. We'd better get the pronunciation of his name right: 'pew-jin. The author of this biography has "...been born and brought up in Sutton Coldfield". He is bent on writing to provide a living - and more. Now then. I am ninety years old and would love to have been a writer - lots of my readers would too. But it is an undeniably hard ride. How on earth millionaire writers like Ms Helen Dunmore produce novels by the cart-load and manage to bring up families while they write successfully is a mystery to me and maybe to some of you readers. Now then. This book. There is no need to be a historian to read the book Queen Elizabeth I - turns out be an attractive figure who gives plenty of encouragement to Pugin - Lord Shrewsbury, the fourteenth (whose descendants are still around and are up to the twenty-second Earl today) is an affable gent. Midlanders will find references to Bishop Walsh and will be excited to know that in the days of Pugin it was possible to view Birmingham from Shenstone - but the view has changed and not for the better - ("...and only man is vile.."). Pugin was a short and thick-set man, married three times and I think he had seven children - it's in the book. I read fewer than twenty books a year but this is one of the best books I have read to date. ("Only fools lend books...") but somewhere I've got the autobiography of Hermione Gingold and it really belongs to a fool...I can't remember where I've put it). “So you liked Nick Corbett's book Derrig?” “Yes I did and I am not lending it to anyone.” (Corbett's books are available at Waterstone's). I have just started to read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I will read this next and maybe - just maybe "review" it in the next edition of Trinity. I am having difficulties with vision and I may take a rest from writing - it depends what the doctor orders. DERRIG FERGUSON
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Love Love is found in most towns In young and old alike When he is away time drags When he is near it is a lovely feeling Looks in eyes give warmth to cold and stubborn hearts. You try desperately to please each other One often succeeds, the other dismally fails The way he walks and what he wears Who are his friends and where he lives You name these all You know in your heart that he is yours forever. SUSAN MAXWELL
See article on page 12 — Ed ______________________________________________________________
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