Test Your Knowledge

(Answers on page 47)

1. What are the key ingredients in King Charles’s Coronation Quiche, excluding eggs, pastry and cream?

2. Who first wore the diamond necklace that Queen Camilla wore at the coronation?

3. Name the kings between Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth, with their coronation dates.

4. The final stage act on Lion Green, at the Bank Holiday Monday celebrations, was a tribute to which band?

5. Who was the first king of all England?

6. What was the title of the children’s book written by King Charles III?

7. Which two TV soaps did King Charles once appear in?

8. What is the name of the house pictured below?

Jane Slevin

9. How many member states are in the Commonwealth?

10. Roughly how many people are in the Commonwealth?

11. King Charles III is monarch of how many Commonwealth Realms?

12. What Is Kate Middleton’s hobby?

13. What is the name of the organic food brand that King Charles III founded?

14. Two different coaches were used to transport the king to and from his coronation, which two were they?

15. How many horses draw each of the above coaches.

16. Who is pictured in the image below and what is her connection to the coronation.

Whilst The Den continues to flourish with a core group of dedicated young attendees, volunteers, and some new members as well, our new group for older children is taking shape. Named ‘Summit’, meetings are held once a month and ideas for the name were put forward and voted on during the group’s second gettogether, which the Ingram family kindly hosted. We will be reporting on the progress of the group in future issues.

Note that the logo above is still a work in progress, created using the ideas of the attendees.

The children at The Den have been busy creating wildflower seed parcels/bombs and planting them in our designated wildflower area at St Bartholomew’s. They helped Councillor Claire Matthes, her husband and Peter Clark plant trees and snowdrop bulbs in the verge side wild garden on Derby Road dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth. This is to support bee and insect populations as well as to enhance the local environment.

The two sessions before the Easter break focused on Palm Sunday and the new life and hope Easter offers. Our craftwork symbolised this hope, as we made candles and tin lanterns which we lit at the end of the session and said a prayer. We also made Easter gardens complete with a peg doll Jesus and produced an Easter Garden in a hanging basket that was hung outside Haslewey Community Centre. The session ended with hot cross buns and an Easter egg hunt. Some of The Den and Summit group were involved in the Passover meal preparation and the evening event itself, posing the questions.

The new half term began with a visit to Imbhams Farm. The children helped plant a Coronation hedgerow and some tree saplings, went on a tour of the fields and woodland led by Margaret Barlow, and helped bottlefeed the lambs.

As we write this article, we are in the midst of preparing for the Coronation parade. The children put together their bishops’ staffs and mitres at the last session and talked about Jesus as the King of kings.

A massive thank you to all of the volunteers and people who support The Den and Summit, and particularly to all the sewers from the congregation who stepped forward to help sew the ‘eco-Bishop’ capes for the Coronation Parade and to Bryony Atkinson for creating the pattern.

Sue Davis & Verity Sutherland

For more details of The Den contact:

Verity Sutherland, Children & Families Worker (Older Children)

Email: Children@haslemereparish.org

Opengardensdaybythefriendsofallsaintsgrayswood

SUNDAY 11th June 10.30 – 5.30 Grayswood Village Green

TICKETS £5, includes programme and parking, under 14s go free

Grayswood villagers are gearing up for their sixth Open Gardens event and looking forward to welcoming visitors to 11 stunning gardens, including our historic allotments. As ever, there is an interesting mix of compact village gardens - including the popular AppArt sculpture garden – plus a varied selection of larger gardens. We have six new gardens opening this year! There will be a bug and bird trail in the churchyard, a Classic Cars display at Grayswood Cars, a bumper plant sale and delicious homemade cakes for afternoon tea the Village Hall, plus ice cream. Tickets will be sold on the Village Green and in Holdfast Lane, where two of our new gardens are situated- contactless payment preferred.

Proceeds to the Friends of All Saints Church

Contact 01428 643798, or email grayswoodopengardens@gmail.com. Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/grayswoodopengardens