Book Launch – Before Modern Ideas – The Diary and Annals of Little Gaddesden, edited by Roger Bolton. Thursday 1st December at 7pm in the TFH, Little Gaddesden.
Discovered in the Church archives, these documents tell the story of the village through the eyes of its Rectors, from 1870 – 1935, a period which saw dramatic changes in what was, under the Brownlows, an almost feudal village. They paint a picture of a lost age which made Little Gaddesden what it is today. There are stories of epidemics and wars, fights outside the Bridgewater Arms, harvest feasts at Ashridge (where children were allowed a pint of ale), scandals and tragedies, and they detail the efforts of two outstanding schoolmasters, who tried to give the village children opportunities of which their parents could only dream. Roger Bolton has added a brief history of the village before 1870, and short biographies of the key figures mentioned in the diary and annals, as well as notes on the Reading Room and the Bede Houses.
All welcome to attend.
Discovery Walk
Monday 8th May at 2:00pm, Little Gaddesden Church.
Family friendly, guided walk with local points of interest. Meet at Little Gaddesden church at 1.45pm. Volunteer Marshalls needed for this event please, plus tray-bake offerings for the tea afterwards. To volunteer and for more information, please contact Louise Archer on 07920 045474 or louise.m.archer@btinternet.com
Pilgrimage Walk to St Margaret’s
On the evening of the feast day of St Margaret of Antioch, Thursday July 20th at 6pm, there will be a 6km Pilgrimage walk from Little Gaddesden Church to the historic site of St Margaret’s in Boscoe, the Ivinghoe Benedictine Priory at St Margaret’s, Great Gaddesden. There will be opportunities on the way to pause for reflection and a short act of worship will be held at the site. Come along and learn more about St Margaret of Antioch and the Priory where Benedictine Nuns lived and worshipped for almost 400 years. Please join us if you can for the walk or meet us at St Margaret’s. Dogs are welcome on leads. For more details contact Heather Tisbury heather@greatgaddesdenchurch.com or Jane Dickson churchwarden.jd@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk.
Pilgrimage: On 14th June at 7:30pm in the Thomas Field Hall Annabelle Grassini will talk about her experience of walking the Camino from St Jean Pied de Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain last year. Roger Bolton will also talk about the background to a mini-pilgrimage planned for 20th July to an area near to the site of St. Margaret’s in Bosco, the Ivinghoe Benedictine Priory, at St Margaret’s, Great Gaddesden.
Foundations Safeguarding Training
Foundations Safeguarding Training for PCC members, Sunday School Teachers and Bellringers.
Contact Heather Tisbury for more details
Display for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Little Gaddesden church will be open on Saturday 4th June, 2-5pm, with a jubilee display of vestments, silverware and valuable Parish records. There will also be a flower display and guided tours of the church tower (last tour 4:30pm). Refreshments will be served in the Thomas Field Hall.
If you can help with an hour of your time or by making a cake or some biscuits for the teas, please let Helene Hockings know at a_dmin-church@outlook.com. Many thanks.
Thomas Field Hall – Coffee Morning – Friday 20th May 9.30-11.30 am in aid of Aching Arms (a charity who support parents through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss).
