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New Whittlewood Parishes Office

We now have a new office at:

69 Little London
Silverstone
NN12 8UP

Tel: 07554 393343

The office is normally manned on Monday and Wednesday afternoons
between 2.00pm and 4.00pm
Telephone messages are picked up every day

Paulerspury Flower Festival
Paulerspury's Flower Festival on August Bank Holiday weekend was a great success.

Talk at Slapton
On Saturday 26^th September St. Botolph’s, Slapton, welcomed around 90 people to an extremely interesting and erudite talk by Roger Rosewell, author of a book on Medieval Wall Paintings published last year. Dr. Rosewell talked about life in Slapton in medieval England and how the church was central to people’s lives; the wall paintings serving as visual references to Christianity for the vast majority of people who were illiterate and worked the soil to make a living.

The painting of St. Eloi (patron saint of blacksmiths) shoeing a recalcitrant horse by taking off its leg and then miraculously putting it back on the horse, would have been relevant to any horse owners. The wonderful St. Christopher featured large in people’s lives and acted as a source of inspiration for good behaviour and a tower of strength.

St. Michael weighing the souls with the devil trying to pull the soul hellwards and the virgin Mary lifting them heavenwards – a lesson to all.

Everyone was entertained to some delicious refreshments supplied by Slapton PCC and we are most grateful to Dr. Rosewell for making this an evening to remember. His book is out of print but will be published in softback next year.

Abthorpe Church Tote

February winner
Mrs Webster

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