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September 2020

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Index Editor’s
Note
Page Number and Article

P4: Church Service updates

P5: Knighton News Well here we are with the September
P7: A Letter from The Bishop edition and already working towards
P9/11: A Letter from our MP the back end of 2020. Soon there
P13: Lindridge News will be the gathering of harvests,
P15: Knighton Litter Pick and bonfires and Remembrance and
P21: Baby&Toddler Group Christmas - ok maybe Christmas is
P23: Temespan Appeal still some way off, but I bet it’s not
P30/31: Virtual Video Evening long before we see stuff in the shops!
and Temespan - How it all began What a year! This will be one of those
P35: Serendipity - Thank you years that history will look back on
P37: Filling Station & and ask how? How was it possible
Menithwood News that so many things could all happen
P39: Pensax Parish Council at once?
P41: What is Health? As regards the cover, many of you
P47: Lindridge Parish Hall will know Sheila Hardiman. Sheila
P45/49: Teme Valley Historical was the main instigator in the
Soc. original pulling together of this
P51/53: TVWG magazine, back in the day. Well she
P57: Clubs and Societies has finally decided to hand over her
P58: Contacts List Temespan duties. You can read all
about it on the centre page. Please
have a look too at the other stories
and remember that this magazine
would be nowhere without your help
and the help of all who work to make
it happen. And talking of help, we at
the magazine need your help once
again. We are appealing to you and
you will see that we are on page 23.
Do please have a look and if you have
a moment and the funds we would
once again appreciate your support.
So please, organise a quiet moment,
make a well deserved beverage and
dive in. See you next month. ed

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COVID-19
Our church communities continue to be alive
and active, and some of our churches are now open

for prayer

We are not able to worship in our church buildings, but
worship continues online, and outside, where weather permits,

Lindridge St Lawrence is also open for personal prayer.

The 4Rivers website contains the worship schedule and the
latest information about the re-opening of church buildings.

www.4rivers.church

The Teme Valley North website contains useful local
information, including the services, study, and community life:

www.temevalleynorthparish.co.uk

Rev Ted and/or churchwardens of this church can be
contacted at the Church Office:
01299 890 100
[email protected]

Prayer
We pray each day for our communities. If there is something
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St Michael and All Angels
Knighton-on-Teme

Sheila Hardiman
and Temespan

At the age of 91, Sheila has decided dedication and she will be hard
it’s time to give up compiling infor- to replace. It’s the commitment
mation for the Knighton-on-Teme and willingness of volunteers like
page of Temespan and distrib- Sheila that make the community
uting the magazine to the village. work. She has done so much that
She has done both jobs cheerfully goes unnoticed such as sending
and efficiently for many years, in the magazine to parishioners that
fact since the first time Temespan have moved away, even abroad.
went to press. As parishioners, The whole parish of Knighton-on
we are grateful to her for her -Teme is indebted to Sheila.

Knighton Church 1884 Knighton Church before 1947 - New Spire

Knighton Church after 1947 Knighton today - Spire renewed 2018

Images courtesy of Sheila Hardiman

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Keep the conversation going!

By Bishop John

At the start of the year we held the called to be Kingdom People of
first round of our ‘Open Conversa- love, compassion, justice and
tions’. A fantastic 95% of parishes freedom. And to grow as Kingdom
were represented at them and People, we need to have churches
I’m hugely grateful to all those across the Diocese which are
who took part. We are planning healthy and sustainable.
a further set of conversations in These conversations will enable
September and I hope they will us to explore what a healthy and
be just as well attended. sustainable church might look like
Since those first conversations, in our own context – regardless
the pandemic has changed the of the size of our congregation
world in ways that would have or whether our church is urban,
been inconceivable six months rural or something in between.
ago. That makes these new This is a chance to reflect on
conversations all the more what our future might hold as
important as we seek together to we seek to worship God, make
discern God’s will for the future in new disciples, share hope and
challenging times. transform our communities.
Conversation is an essential The meetings will be held online
part of the Christian life. It’s using Zoom, but will follow a
no accident that the word similar format to the previous
‘conversion’ is related to the word open conversations, with oppor-
‘conversation’. To converse is to tunities for people to contribute
be connected. The conversation in small groups. There will also
continues as we continually be other opportunities to engage
turn towards the person with for those unable to use Zoom –
whom we’re speaking. The word you can find out more at www.
conversion literally means ‘to cofe-worcester.org.uk/open-con-
keep turning’ to God in conver- versations.
sation. Please do take part if you can.
God comes to us individually and May we converse well and, as we
corporately. As we turn to one do so, be continually converted!
another in conversation to share
our insights, we turn to God for
conversion. Only together can we
discern his will for us.
Jesus came to proclaim the
Kingdom of God and in this
diocese we are clear that we are

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What have I been doing
during these times?

By Harriett Baldwin

Thank you to all readers, whose of Government has continued,
care in following public health albeit in a socially distant way.
advice has meant that we can I’ve also been pleased to see that
look forward to enjoying summer many strategic projects have
safely. Please support all the local continued as more of us work
shops and hospitality venues that from home. Network Rail has
have reopened in a Covid-secure been assessing a plan to install
way. a new bridge at Pershore station
While I and the whole Worces- meaning Wychavon District
tershire team have been working Council can build a brand-new car
hard on managing the impact of park offering much more capacity
Covid-19, I’ve also been working for rail users and the County has
closely with a wide range of progressed its Long Term Active
people to look at what we can do Travel Plans so we can walk and
to better protect our area from its cycle more.
periodic flooding. A Severn Stoke And just as Parliament has
scheme has gone forward for continued to sit, many Worces-
planning permission and work is tershire schools have stayed open
being done to see if the existing allowing key workers to doing
Powick scheme can be improved. their jobs and we all look forward
As someone who has spent more to every school opening fully
than 13 years campaigning for in September. Schools in West
a permanent flood protection Worcestershire will be getting, on
scheme in Tenbury Wells, I am average, budget increases of 4.1
delighted that the Government
has at last pledged nearly £5
million to fund that project.
As Covid-19 swept the world,
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per cent next year with teachers
getting an inflation-busting pay
rise.
Other public sector pay reviews
have taken place with nurses
due for a new pay deal at the
end of their current three year
agreement. I am sure you will be
joining me in arguing for strong
recognition.
So, let’s make the most of our
county’s wonderful attractions
and enjoy summer safely.

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St Lawrence
Lindridge

At the time of writing this, St If you have questions or would
Lawrence Church building is like to talk to Rev Ted and/or
open for Prayer from 8am to churchwardens of St Lawrence
6pm each weekday. It is closed on church please contact the Church
Saturday and Sunday. Office:
For the latest information 01299 890 100
regarding the re-opening of [email protected]
church buildings and about We continue to pray each day
services across the 4RIVERS for our communities. If there is
CHURCHES, visit the 4Rivers something specific you would like
website: us to pray for, please let us know,
www.4rivers.church using the following email address:
The Teme Valley North website [email protected]
contains details of Teme Valley
North churches and community
life:
w w w. t e m e v a l l e y n o r t h p a r i s h .
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Announcement of New Headmaster
Abberley Hall School

The Board of Governors are wealth of experience as well as
delighted to announce the his great enthusiasm and passion
appointment of Jonnie Besley as to take Abberley Hall forward
the Headmaster of Abberley Hall stood out. This is an exciting
School from September 2020. new chapter for our school and
Jonnie, currently the Deputy in warmly welcoming Jonnie
Head Pastoral at Orwell Park and his family to Abberley, the
School in Suffolk, graduated Governors would like to thank
from Durham University with a Will and Beth Lockett for their
degree in English, History and great contribution to the school
Philosophy and completed his and wish them all the very best
PGCE at Cambridge University. for the future when they depart
Having taught History and at the end of the Summer Term”.
coached sport at Dulwich College Jonnie said “I am delighted
Prep School, he went on to work to be joining Abberley Hall as
as Head of History and Head of Headmaster from September.
Boarding at Westbourne House Tessa and I were hugely
in West Sussex before joining impressed with the school
Orwell Park in 2015. In his spare throughout the selection process
time Jonnie enjoys ‘the great and were particularly drawn to
outdoors’ and has recently built a its family ethos, the warmth of its
number of tree houses! atmosphere, the manners of the
Jonnie will be joined at Abberley children and its stunning rural
Hall School by his wife Tessa, who setting. We feel incredibly privi-
is an experienced prep school leged to have been chosen to lead
teacher and their two young the Abberley community through
children. this next exciting chapter and we
Chairman of Governors, James can’t wait to get started. We look
Tanner said “The Governors forward to visiting during the
of Abberley Hall School are coming months, to introducing
delighted that Jonnie and his our children to the school, and
family will be joining us in to getting to know staff, pupils
September. From an impressive and parents. Let the adventure
selection of candidates Jonnie’s begin”.

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Temespan Annual Appeal 2020

The last year has been, to say the To All Our Readers
least, unusual. What with floods household. Much of this cost is
and the virus we have had plenty covered by advertising but we
of obstacles to normality but, in also rely on our annual appeal
spite of it all, Temespan has come to maintain this community
out without a break. In order to magazine. So about this time each
protect our gallant army of deliv- year we ask for a donation to help
erers for two months we had to be meet the costs; any donation you
content with publishing on the can make is much appreciated.
internet but when we tentatively You will find an envelope in this
asked them if they could continue issue of Temespan. Please put
to deliver they all said “of course your donation in the envelope, fill
we can” and did. On behalf of the in the Gift Aid section if you pay
PCC we can’t thank them enough. tax and give it to the person who
We distribute over 800 copies delivers your magazine or to any
free of charge to all the houses in of the churchwardens or church
Teme Valley North parish.. The contacts; their names are in the
Magazine provides details of all back of the magazine.
local events and lots of local-in- Alternatively, you can send the
terest stories. It is the first “go to” envelope directly to the PCC
source for services from carpentry Treasurer at Lindridge Priory,
and cleaning to teachers and tree Tenbury Wells, WR15 8JQ.
surgeons and we hope that where Please be as generous as you can.
possible you will use the services
of our advertisers. Pete Thorp
Although everyone associated (Editor)
with Temespan gives their time
for nothing Temespan still Bill Andrewes
costs nearly 80p per copy; with (Advertising Manager)
ten issues a year that is £8 per

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The first Temespan Magazines

By Sheila Hardiman

This is a letter in each parish and a
of many “thank good friend of mine
you’s” to all who provided a very
have helped me artistic cover each
in anyway with month.
the making We managed to also
and latterly gather some adver-
with delivering tising each month ,
the Temespan and then it all just
in Knight- happened . A very
on-on-Teme. naive effort.
The magazine The children at
we all now Lindridge School
receive is a far had a competition to
superior one to give it a name and we
how it looked when we started chose the “Temespan”.
it in 1980 . I was a member of I had to withdraw my efforts
the PCC for the four parishes, when my mother suffered a
Knighton-on-Teme , Lindridge, severe stroke and Terry Heaton (a
Stanford Bridge and Stockton. retired journalist) from Stanford
(Later, Pensax came into the Bridge, took over and gradually
North Teme Parish and Stanford it morphed into our present
left.) excellent effort.
As we had no magazine back then, My part in recent years has been
just a paragraph in the Tenbury delivery to Knighton-on-Teme.
Wells magazine, I foolishly said I Janet Spilsbury will now take
would have a go at our first copy. over this and I do thank her very
In those days, it did not go to much. I hope she enjoys the job
every house, only those members as much as I did, it’s a great way
who wanted it and would pay of keeping in touch.
10p an issue. We set up a group
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SERENDIPITY

It all started when my company By Peter Morgan
posted me from London to let alone Knighton-on-Teme!
Birmingham. This was clearly A very happy Easter break
too far to commute from High followed and we were able to
Wycombe, where we were then marvel at the beauty of the
living, and so the rather dreary countryside. Our hosts also
business of house hunting began. mentioned that they knew of a
Estate Agents were, then, even house for sale. I dismissed the
less constrained than they are idea at first as it was twenty miles
today in their descriptions outside my planned commuting
of properties for sale and we distance of thirty miles. However
travelled many miles looking at we were persuaded to look at the
some startlingly awful houses. A house. That was when I began to
good example was one described think that the travelling distance
as a ‘Handsome foursquare might be manageable, as I was
Georgian property’. This was seldom going to be commuting
technically true but did not in rush hour! The offer we put in
mention that taking two steps was accepted and, after the usual
down from the front door left one delays, we were able to move in.
standing on the A5. The other One of the joys we found immedi-
matter was that from the A5 one ately was how friendly and helpful
side of the house to the A5 the everyone was in Knighton and
other side was entirely taken up Tenbury, whether the pub, the
with an enormous scrap dump; it church, casually, or in the shops.
was all getting rather depressing. The reason we are putting this
During this time we had an in Temespan now is because 2nd
invitation from friends to come September is forty years to the
and stay with them for Easter, day since we moved into our new
something we were happy to home.
accept. ‘Near Tenbury Wells’ was
the first part of the description of Thank you everyone for
how to find them. This required a making us so welcome
map as, in our ignorance, neither
of us had even heard of Tenbury, all those years ago

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THE FILLING STATION
Please note that our next join in this new format of meeting,
meeting of the above will be held then please contact John Bacon
on Thursday 17th September who will send through the link
when Dave Kelly will be speaking. for you to gain access. His email
Dave is from Gloucester and is a address is john.bacon@abjsoft.
church planter and leader. We are com
meeting at present using Zoom at Any further information can be
7.20pm and the recorded talks given by contacting me on kate.
are available on Filling Station [email protected]
Tenbury YouTube. If you wish to

Lindridge Baby and Toddler Group

I hope everyone is well and re Coronavirus, Church Buildings
enjoyed some family time and other Church activities on
together over the summer break. the 4Rivers Churches Website:
Sadly the Lindridge Baby and www.4rivers.church
Toddler Group remains closed, There are also resources, and
so the group will not be opening information about local events on
in September, and within the the Teme Valley North Website:
current COVID-19 guidlines, will w w w. t e m e v a l l e y n o r t h p a r i s h .
remain closed for the rest of the co.uk/
Autumn Term. keep safe everyone
Please keeping checking for Vickie & Team (vickie.melling@
updates on the current situation pobox.com)

Menithwood News
Janet Farmer would like to Menithwood, we have the
thank everyone who sent her domain, but not the skills. We
birthday wishes and “get well” would really like to find someone
messages during her recent stay with the skills and enthusiasm to
in hospital. Janet is now home help us. Are you interested?, if so
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Pensax Parish Council

ALL FACE TO FACE PARISH process of obtaining quotes from archi-
COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE tects for this work to start. Abberley
BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE Young Farmers have purchased the red
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. There chairs and large tables, if anyone wishes
was a video Parish Council Meeting to use them in the future please let me
on 27th July 2020 know, they are stored within the parish.
Pensax PC will agree minor matters by I will email remaining contents list out
email. to residents, if you wish to view items
Your Parish Council – Chairman - please contact the Clerk to arrange a
Alistair Keron, David Abraham, George date.
Rudd, Heather Weston, Sharon Sanders, Broadband – Pensax PC Chairman
Tim Wood, Stuart Meese. has registered for a Community
Malvern Hills District Cllr - Paul Fibre Partnership for a Fibre To The
Cumming - paul.cumming@malvern- Premises (FTTP) Broadband network
hillsdc.net which would cover those premises with
Worcestershire County Cllr - Ken Pollock BT phone lines with first eight digits
- [email protected] 01299896 i.e. properties along Worles
ACCOUNTS – Accounts are now Common and on the B4202 from the Bell
published on the website. Inn towards Abberley. He is waiting for
PENSAX VILLAGE HALL – As the Hall costings from BT Openreach, it seems
and all Land is located in the Parish of there are staff shortages so delays will
Rock. The PC has sought advice from occur. BT have suggested the Menith
WFDC Planning Dept on the future use Wood scheme be included with some
of the Hall and have been advised that properties in Eardiston, Cllr is waiting
the only use for Pensax Village Hall and for costs from BT. WCC are aware of
Land is conversion to one residential these projects. Please contact the Clerk
dwelling. This would comply with if you wish to help or join.
WFDC Planning Policy. WFDC would Planning – All issues that MHDC
not consider an application for Social Enforcement Team were investigating
Housing due to not being on a bus route; have been closed by MHDC.
WFDC would not allow more than one Email Communication with residents
dwelling to be put on the site. At the – If you wish to be included in Parish
VIDEO PC meeting held on 27th July emails, have views on items above or
it was agreed to seek outline planning have other concerns please contact
permission for conversion of the Hall to Clerk.
one dwelling to enhance the selling price Clerk - Sue Burrows, 5 Summit Road,
of the property for a nominal outlay Clows Top DY14 9HN – T 01299 832722
of funds. Once planning permission is E [email protected] Website
approved the PC will then put the Hall/ http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/
Land up for sale. The PC are in the MyParish

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WHAT IS HEALTH
Death and Dying
By Cathie Green

Due to the Corona virus on its own been given a terminal diagnosis
we have either personally known yourself. Maybe you have decided
or heard about death within this that it would be helpful to become
context of late. This led me into more familiar with death and
thinking it is a timely subject to dying as one day we all take this
write about. journey.
I would like to see death and Maybe you would like to be able
dying becoming integrated into to help someone you know, be
life as the natural life event that they your neighbour, friend, or
it is. Often death is seen as the colleague, It is really beneficial to
feared spectre at the end of life have the tools to offer when death
that nobody wants to talk about. and dying become a part of your
Birth life and death all belong to life experience and those that you
the same fabric, the threads of know can turn to you knowing
each experience weave between you are familiar with embracing
one another. We, as a society need dying.
to learn to wear these threads with People often think that they
comfort. Doctors and the medical will not be confident to care
world have death well covered for someone who is dying. Fear
with “Care Plans, Pain Control” and uncertainty stop them even
and more. What is lacking though thinking that they could offer a
is Soul Preparation’. For example, helpful contribution. Why not I
do you book a holiday without ask you, if death is a natural part
preparing for it, what to take? how of life?
to travel? who you take with you? Supporting the practical,
what will you wear? We equally if emotional and spiritual dimen-
given the time beforehand, would sions of the dying process can only
find it beneficial to do some ‘Soul be beneficial for all concerned.
Preparation’ as we do for holiday If you would like to talk or hear
preparation. more on this subject, please
Everyone, whether you are caring contact Cathie Green
for your loved one at the close Email [email protected]
of their life, or if you have just Tel; 07974 390197

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Lindridge Parish Hall

As I write the hall is just about running the film shows, please
to reopen, volunteers have done email lindridgeparishhall@
a lot of hard work to ensure that outlook.com if you would like to
the hall is fully prepared and we get involved.
are looking forward to welcoming
people back to events such as Art The hall is available for hire once
Group and coffee mornings. It again, please email lindridge-
will be one small step at a time [email protected]
but if things go well we want to
get the film shows and Saturday Mrs Janet Marks has decided
markets up and running again that it’s time to step down from
too, albeit on a reduced basis as the Hall Committee. Over many
the hall capacity is now limited to years she has done a huge amount
25 to permit social distancing. of hard work on behalf of the hall
Film showings may be announced and will be very sorely missed.
at short notice and all seats will
have to be pre-booked. This 100 Club Subscriptions are due
will happen through the Parish for renewal in September – if
Hall email newsletter which will you are an existing member Gilly
also have any event details and Humphreys will be contacting you
general information. If you would shortly to explain how to make
like to receive details please email payment. If you are not a member
lindridgeparishhall@outlook. but would like to join then please
com so that we can add you to email Gilly on Gilly.humphreys@
our mailing list and keep you gmail.com There are still one or
informed. two numbers available and we
Helpers needed! If you are in a would love to achieve the full 100.
less vulnerable category and have The cost is £24 per annum, of
a few hours to spare we really which half is returned in monthly
could do with some help with prizes and the remaining half
provides a valuable income source
for the hall.

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TEME VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Abberley Spoons Mike Harley

I feel sure that when Richard
members of our Bevan became
Teme Valley the Rector of
Historical Abberley, a
Society dangerous ivy
enjoyed Mike covered ruin
Harley’s article was all that
on our Local remained of
Churches, St Michael’s.
including St With his
Michael’s inspiration
Church, and leadership
Abberley. I suggested that this the chancel was closed off and
might make a suitable subject for restored, and the villagers
future outings. reduced the remainder of the ruin
Our lovely St. Michael’s Church to a safe height. During this work
has always interested me, so five medieval spoons were found
I searched the history on the and they are now in the British
internet and quote the following Museum, as following a lengthy
information: “In the 12th century case in the coroner’s court at the
St Michael’s was built as a typically time, the spoons were declared
squat Norman building with a treasure trove.” End of quote.
tower at the western end. In the
14th century, to make a grander Then I searched for information
building, the roof was raised by10 on the Abberley Spoons, and once
ft, and flying buttresses were again quote from the internet:
built on the north side to take the
extra weight, and a shingle spire “In 1964 part of the nave of St
was erected on the tower. In the Michael’s Church Abberley was
16th century the extra weight had demolished. These five silver
caused the walls to bulge so the spoons were found concealed
roof was lowered to the original in the north wall. They all have
height. Sadly, the damage could diamond point finials, though not
not be undone and by the middle identical, and three retain traces
of the 18th century St. Michael’s of their original gilding. Who
was collapsing and St Mary’s was hid the spoons and why? When
built as a replacement. In 1962, found, the nature of the hoard
- the first to consist of medieval

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spoons - and the hiding place in the middle of my ‘oil-painting’
were both unusual. They had phase. I had set up my easel
not been concealed in a hurry. and accompanying stool on the
Sealing an object in a wall is a pathway leading to St Michaels’
much more time-consuming task Church, intent on recording the
than burying in the ground. …… archway that had been left as
An opportunity for the spoons part of the original building when
to be placed in the wall occurred the restoration took place. My
in the fifteenth century when a painting was progressing, when
window was inserted. …… It has suddenly Rector Richard Bevan
been suggested that the spoons appeared through the archway.
may have been a votive offering at He was holding something in his
a time of structural change of the hands, wrapped in a cloth.
church. Crude ownership marks “Where is your father, Trevor
on the back and front suggest that Stonehouse?” he asked. “I have
the spoons may have belonged something to show him.”
to different people at different “He is in the Manor Arms; I will
times. On the front of four of the go and fetch him.” The Manor
spoons a rough shield appears at Arms was my father’s favourite
the junction of the bowl with the village public house, and he was
stem. This device might denote only too happy to spend time in
ownership by John Normanton, the bar while I was engaged in my
Rector of Abberley from 1437 to painting.
1447.” End of quote. I remember standing under
So that is the official version of the archway as Richard Bevan
the finding of the spoons. At ceremoniously opened the cloth
this current date, it is possible to reveal four spoons. “One of
that I may be the only person the workmen found these under
alive who knows the real story the window sill,” he said. “We had
of the Abberley Spoons. I wrote to lift the sill with a crowbar, it
a version of this for Abberley was an old tomb cover and very
Parish News about 20years ago, heavy.” My father examined the
but cannot find the original on spoons with interest.
my more recent computer files, so
I am re-recording it for posterity.

In 1962 I was living temporarily “There were five, spoons,” Richard
with my two young children at my Bevan continued, “but I gave one
parent’s home in Wynniatts Way to the workman for finding them”.
while my husband searched for
a new house. Promotion in the “Then you will go straight away
‘Bank’ always meant moving to a and get it back!” I said. “I think
different area. At that time I was these are 14th century silver

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