The Friends Coffee Morning on Friday 13 September, on behalf of The Lodge Trust, was very well attended and a most convivial occasion it turned out to be. The Lodge Trust had an eye-catching stall of hand-crafted items for sale and there was the usual cake stall and raffle too. We made £258 so far for the Lodge Trust but extra donations…
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Friends Past Events
Every year the Friends of All Saints visit Tolethorpe Hall to watch one of the Stamford Shakespeare Company’s productions. This year around twenty of us saw Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. The play is a send-up of the sort of belief in spiritualism that was popular between the world wars, when people understandably wished that they could get in contact with relatives who…
We held a very successful Coffee Morning last week, at which local photographer, Richard Adams, showed a selection of his extensive work. The illustrated talk was entitled ‘Multum in Parvo and more’ and what a treat was in store for us, as he gave us a visual tour of much of our local area and all set to appropriate music. Other areas…
The Friends coach trip on Saturday 25 May to Hull had an early start but the journey went like clockwork and the traffic flowed freely on our scenic route. The weather was perfect and our first stop was The Deep, a world renowned aquarium with over 3000 species of fish, including magnificent sharks and rays. It is housed in a dramatic building…
On Saturday 27 April, the Friends of All Saints had a trip to the National Civil War Centre, on what was forecast to be an extremely blustery and wet day. Luckily, although the wind was certainly keen, the rain never materialised and we even had some sunshine. The Museum visit was a terrific success with everyone and as it is only three…
As the Church enters the Lenten period of contemplation and self-denial, the Friends of All Saints held their annual evening together on Shrove Tuesday to symbolically ‘clear cupboards’ and eat up all the tempting goodies! To start the meal with a reminder of its symbolism, Canon Michael Wilson wrote, and read, a Grace in couplet form, especially for the evening. Wonderful sweetmeats,…
With last February’s cold and snowy weather in mind, it was decided to bring the proposed visit to Gates forward to December, and notices were put into the pewsheet to that effect. A dozen or so of us met on 6 December in the restaurant and spent a very pleasant morning with coffee, cake and friendly chatter, before having a look at…
The Harbour Bar and Restaurant was once again the perfect setting for our annual Tide Lunch. Nearly forty of us gathered on a rather gloomy, damp and misty day for what was an extremely cheerful occasion, marked by convivial conversation and laughter. The beauty of the reservoir, with a single boat with two fishermen, provided a mystical and peaceful backdrop to our…
A morning with the Rutland Food Bank and surprise visit by The High Sheriff Into early Autumn, on a bright morning, and after some welcome rain the day before, Church members and some friends held a Coffee and Cakes Morning in aid of working funds for the Rutland Food Bank. From 10:00am until midday, the doors of the Church Hall on Friday…
On Saturday 28th July a group of 20 of the Friends met in the grounds of Tolethorpe Manor to enjoy a picnic and a drink together, before the matinee performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Royal Shakespeare Company are also presenting the Comedy this season). The Stamford based theatre placed the time-line successfully in a pub in the wartime 1940s,…
Saturday 26th May 2018. Some 40 members gathered in the Church Hall for the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the Friends of All Saints. The Committee had worked hard putting up a display of photographs showing past events, decorating the tables with flowers and hanging balloons. It all looked very festive and on the central tables, groaning under the wealth of…
The recent visit to Sheffield on a beautiful sunny summer’s day was thoroughly interesting and enjoyable. Kelham Island Museum tells the story of Sheffield’s rise to steel city in a varied and interesting way, from ‘Big Don’, the largest working steam engine in Europe to Stan Shaw the 92 year old penknife making gentleman in his original workshop transported to the museum…
What amazing contrasts! The Hindu Shree Sanatan Mandir (Temple) was sparkling bright with a host of shrines dedicated to various aspects of God through sculptures of figures like Hanuman, Ganga and Ganesh, all adorned in a beautiful marble setting. The Orthodox Jewish Synagogue seemed a more familiar place, the setting more like a church. In the centre was a large pulpit area…
The Friends Coffee morning in the Church Hall on Friday 2nd September was a great success. Coffee or tea and cake was the name of the game. Patsy and Janet worked hard at advertising and making the preparations. There was a large selection of delicious cakes from which to choose in some cases making the…
Early morning on one of the first days of proper summer this year, All Saints Friends and Mothers Union, boarded a fully loaded coach on the last day of June, and headed south eastwards to Bury St Edmunds. The list of potential goodies to see and do there was long, diverse and remarkable. This city…
It was a little damp and cold as we set off towards our destination, Ferrar House Retreat Centre at Little Gidding but a warm welcome awaited with coffee and biscuits in this lovely house. After exchanging greetings with the others who had arrived in separate cars, our host, Andrew Good, the Warden, took us along…
There’s no doubting that Rutland is a beautiful county, as are the historic churches that often dominate the stone-built locales of quiet, laid-back living that is our heritage. The Friends of All Saints set off on a very cold mid-April morning to enjoy super scenery – and discover the history and mystery of four Rutland churches. Read more…