HotPott June 2023

Dear friends,

The cover photographs on this month’s HotPott illustrate how the St Christopher’s family celebrated the coronation of King Charles, which had made me think of some verses from Paul’s first letter to Timothy. We read in chapter 2 from verse 1: ‘First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.’

In this short reading Paul is reminding Timothy what needs to be in focus when we gather for worship. You may notice that the passage opens with 'First of all…’ but then there is no ‘second of all’ in the passage. This is a way of giving focus or prominence to what comes next. Thus, a more appropriate translation would be ‘above all’ or ‘the most important thing is’. This matches with the strength of the word urge. Thus, Paul is urging with some force

that in worship, above all, we need to be persistent in prayer for all people, including all kings and those in high positions.

Paul is quite comprehensive and gives us four different words for prayer: supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings. Together they cover appeals for particular needs, petitions or repeated pleading, bold requests and not forgetting gratitude for what we have been given. Thus, we need to pray all these kinds of prayers for everyone, but with a particular focus on those in positions of power so that we as Christians may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

At the time Paul was writing this letter religious tolerance was only guaranteed by those in leadership positions and they could prevent people gathering to worship or make it dangerous to hold different beliefs to themselves. But that was not the only reason Paul mentions praying for the leaders here.

In the decades after Christ died the emperor was seen as a god; this gave rise to the custom of praying to the divinised Caesars.

Lynn Caudwell

With this as the backdrop, the advice to pray for kings instead of to the kings was revolutionary. It implies that rulers, like everybody else, are dependent on the guidance and mercy of God. Furthermore, it states very clearly that our leaders are not divine, but mortal humans.

As the dust settles after the coronation of King Charles III this seems like a very timely word for us. One of the most moving parts of the coronation service was when, just before being anointed with oil, Charles was stripped of his fancy robes and presented to all those watching across the world in a simple cotton shirt, symbolising the fact that although he was being crowned King later in the service, first he, and we, must remember that he too is a mere mortal in need of God’s help just as

much as we do.

We must not confuse our leaders with God in any way, but we should pray fervently for them though not to them. Let us take the time this month to pray for our new King and for all the new things he will be facing as he takes on the role of ‘servant of the people’. His model is the ultimate King of Christ himself and, as we all know, King Charles will not be able to follow him without the help of God and the Holy Spirit. So let us pray for King Charles, that he will be able to turn to God and ask for His wisdom and strength as he seeks to serve us.

With my love, Lynn

Class 1 enjoy St Christopher’s…

Class 1 have been busy in R.E. over the past few weeks. They started by viewing St Christopher’s Church from the outside and then, accompanied by Audrey Bomford and David Garton,

enjoyed looking inside too. The children explored the altar and font; they particularly liked listening to David playing the organ. Following their visit, the children sketched the outside of the church and then followed the story of the Ascension where they learned about Jesus’s return to heaven to be at His Father’s side.

Cover story: Ringing for the King, the seeds of faith and a sunny afternoon…

Readers with good memories will recall that the December edition of HotPott invited anyone who wished to ring our ancient bells in celebration of King Charles III’s coronation to step forward. We were delighted when Annie Palace took the challenge, and both she and Duncan have been working hard over the past few months to enable Annie to ring for the King, which she (and six others) duly did on 6th May. It’s a fantastic achievement – well done Annie, you join a long line of bellringers who have rung for coronations at Pott Shrigley since 1492!

We were treated to a visit from the Reverend Trevor Green for our 10.45 service on Sunday. He reminded us of the opening words of the coronation: 'Your Majesty, as children of the kingdom of God we welcome you in the name of the King of kings.' Such an important reminder, as Lynn says in her letter, that we are all – kings and peasants (Editor's word!) – subject to God’s grace. Trevor’s theme –of planting the seeds of faith, from which tremendous things can come – encouraged us all to rely on the Holy Spirit to help us plant the seeds of faith among those we meet, always mindful that it is God who does the sovereign work of bringing people to Himself.

And so to Sunday afternoon… thanks to the generosity of Tess and Andy Phillips, to say nothing of their hard work, all were invited to a barbecue in their garden. Bunting was hoisted, Union flags were raised and delicious food produced in copious amounts; the perfect weather had been organised too. Enormous thanks to Andy and Tess for hosting a wonderful coronation afternoon.

Ringers for the King

Revd Trevor & Elaine Green

Remembering Rita Mary Bunting…

Many HotPott readers will be familiar with the piece Rita wrote about her life growing up in Bollington, and her connections with Pott Shrigley (see HotPott October 2022). I will not repeat everything here, but it is only fitting that we mark Rita’s passing on 20th March 2023; her well-attended funeral was a testament to the love and esteem in which she was held. So, some memories of Rita…

Praise God for Rita, such a faithful, gentle daughter of God – I’ll remember her for walking everywhere in her skirt & shoes – even on Good Friday walks – and never getting them muddy! Rest in peace, lovely lady.

She was the gentlest of souls with a very strong faith who loved to be taken for a ride around her beloved Bollington (and a cappuccino to round off the trip).

Rita, my coffee partner, always there, always helpful, a deliverer of tea par excellence. May the Lord hold her safe in His loving arms.

Dad remembers meeting Rita about 80 years ago at primary school when he briefly went to St John’s Junior School in Church Street (presumably after he was persona non grata at Pott School, having tried to set fire to it! Editor.). They both walked home back up Shrigley Road.

Hedley Holmes remembers playing with Rita, running along the top of the snow piled up by the snow plough on Pott level. On hearing this, Rita commented: ‘He was always a naughty boy getting up to mischief.’ Apparently, Hedley said a similar thing about Rita!

If ever I saw Rita in Macclesfield I would always ask if she would like a lift home. She always declined, preferring to get the bus. Very independent, lovely lady, always refused

Rita & Judy, May 1949

Rita, Judith Hill, Kathleen Stocker, Jennifer Leighton, Wedding at Pott of Gwen Coates & Joe Stocker

a lift. She preferred to walk or get the bus in her green coat.

When Rita was treasurer of the St Christopher’s Church Guild, she walked up and down the aisle of the coach rattling her money bag, collecting outstanding fees. There was no escape. Rita was astute and efficient, and always knew to the penny how much was in the guild coffers. She was generous with her own funds, and always gave to support the young people in the church in their various endeavours. She was generous with her time too; she volunteered in so many places – St Michael’s Macclesfield café, Bollington Drop In and the East Cheshire Hospice shop to name but a few!

Rita knew her own mind and sometimes let people know she didn’t approve! Always followed by that wonderful smile though.

In church, she always sat in the back pew, main aisle, first seat in – but she welcomed others to sit with her, particularly elderly ladies who didn’t know many people in church. Rita unobtrusively made sure that they were settled, comfortable and made to feel part of the church family.

Rita was a great lover of outings. In previous times she went with her two wonderful friends, Roy and Eileen Stratford, to rallies

with Roy’s Vauxhall Viceroy classic cars to Tatton Park or Capesthorne Hall. She loved to go out with family too – her second cousin Richard often picked her up from church on a Sunday, and via Queen Street to pick up Val Beard (another second cousin), out for lunch at The Lime Tree or the Church House Inn, followed by a visit to the Heritage Centre to look at all the old photographs of Bollington folk. Rita’s knowledge of the people seen there and their backgrounds, was amazing. In later years, Rita and Richard would have a drive, find afternoon tea and then sit, as often as not, in Long Lane looking over towards

Anne, Bill Millington, Jane Keylock, Rita Bunting, Renee Wrigley, Rhona Melville at Renee's 80th birthday party, Meadowbank, Cocksheadhey Rd, Aug 1995

Gwynne Barton, Dora Jones, Rita

Rita in charity shop

Alderley Edge. Rita loved to chat about the outings she had enjoyed to gardens and stately homes, she had a fund of stories about local people, like the mysterious Caleb, the midnight milkman of Pott (anyone know about him? Editor.) and often mentioned her cat, who, like all other animals and the rest of the natural world, she loved dearly.

Rest in peace lovely, fiercely independent, kind Christian lady, and rise in glory.

Thanks to Carole T, Geoff & Mandy, Reg and Jean, Heather, Mary, Meg, Peter, Richard, Sally and others.

‘Is it going to rain tomorrow…

...or will it stay dry?’ My family are used to my weather obsession ahead of the weekend, especially when there’s a walk planned. Steve checks three or four weather sites until I find one I like… ‘dry in the morning, sunny intervals, with a 30% chance of rain later’.

Anne Murphy

When I first woke on Saturday 22nd April someone appeared to have stolen White Nancy… but no, it was only low cloud and a couple of hours later the forecast proved itself correct: the spring sunshine was trying its best to shine through.

Three of us set off at 10.30am from St Christopher’s following Yvonne's Prayer Walk Two route. This took us along Spuley Lane, up towards Charles Head, across the fields to Bakestonedale Road, down past Hammond’s

Brickworks and back to our starting point on the cobbles at St Christopher’s lychgate.

We felt very blessed with the dry weather and the awesome sights and sounds of spring: birds and lambs and the countryside bursting with new life. Thank you Lord! It was super to walk and chat, and then stop and pray, prompted by things we saw or came to mind through our conversation.

Dennis Melville, Rita Bunting at Renee Wrigley's 80th birthday party

Thanks to Yvonne for leading our walk.

And thanks to Dave, a passing walker who kindly took our photo!

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We intend to organise a prayer walk every few months - but of course prayer walking can be done at any time, and in any place.

Prayer walking was introduced to Pott Shrigley Church as part of our response to Festival Manchester's 'Love Where You Live' initiative in 2022.

The leaflets for all four of our suggested prayer walk routes around Pott Shrigley are available in St Christopher’s Church and can be used by anyone – either on your own or with a few friends.

If you’d like to find out more about prayer walking, please contact Yvonne.

Passing walker Dave told us about a National Garden Scheme open garden event:

What: a small terraced garden absolutely packed with plants

Dates: Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th

June

Times: 10am to 4.30pm

Where: 18 Highfield Road Bollington SK10

5LR

Cost: £4.50 adults, children free Refreshments available, all proceeds to East Cheshire Hospice.

Church notices that didn’t quite work…

~ The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.

~ The students will present Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ in the church on Friday at 7pm. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

~ A new loudspeaker system has been installed in the church. It was given by one of our members in memory of his wife.

Remembering Keith Meecham…

Keith Basil Meecham was born on 20th November 1930 in Woking, Surrey. His older brother, Allan, was born in 1926; he now lives in a care home in Horsham. Sadly, Keith’s mother fell ill after giving birth to him and died when Keith was only 3 years old. Allan and Keith were raised by their father’s childless sister and her husband. Auntie Hilda was called Um because she was more than an auntie but not quite a mum; Uncle Brian was known as Unch. (That was perhaps where Dad got his love of word play from!) Allan and Keith’s dad lived there too for a while, but worked long hours as an electrician so wasn’t around much.

Sally Winstanley

Keith was eight when war broke out. Many a night was spent in their little Anderson shelter in the garden; this was shared with a family down the road: four children, five adults, Sibby the greyhound and Monty the cat –quite a squeeze!

In 1942, Keith won a scholarship to Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. At the end of the war, his enterprising and insightful headmaster arranged for every boy to have a German penpal. The first few letters were full of vitriol, but when Dieter Hoffman mentioned being unable to get any tennis balls, Keith seized an opportunity to show British superiority and sent him some. Dieter replied, genuinely grateful, and so began a long-lasting friendship.

Keith was not good at sport, particularly ball games, but enjoyed hitchhiking in school holidays and whilst at university, trekking up and down the UK. He always wore shorts as an indication to potential lifts that he was a trusty chap – few muggers wear shorts!

Hitchhiking contributed to Keith’s broad knowledge: in gratitude to his drivers, Keith felt it right to chat about their favourite topic –it turns out they were many and varied.

Living close to Northolt aerodrome, Keith became a keen aircraft spotter and, aged nine, resolved to become a pilot – preferably before the war ended! When compulsory military service loomed, he quickly applied to join the RAF. Sadly, he failed selection for aircrew due to poor eyesight – on the plus side, it explained why he’d been so bad at ball games at school! Keith was thus confined to ground crew as a fighter plotter, mostly mindnumbingly boring stuff. However - another plus - he ended up in Germany, working and socialising with Ron Peers, Audrey’s elder brother...

Whilst Keith was in Germany, there was an urgent call for drivers. Having driven a tractor

not too long before, Keith volunteered and climbed into the RAF truck. He nearly knew where the brake, clutch and accelerator were, so set off, lurching and jumping about the parade ground, and despite knocking over several perimeter fence posts he was given

his Class B licence and the next day drove in convoy to Eindhoven, Holland. After demob Keith went to Exeter University to study zoology. He kept busy during the vacations – variously researching in the field of cancer epidemiology, farm labouring, assisting his tutor on a study of small mammals in the Cairngorms and then, best of all, working with the wildlife warden on Lundy Island, counting and studying the ecology of some shore creatures there. Due to the weather conditions being too poor for the ferry to Lundy, Keith finally got his chance to fly!

Keith planned to teach, but just before graduation two small pieces of paper changed all that. The first was a situations vacant column, torn from a newspaper – the Crown Agents for Her Majesty’s colonies needed science graduates to be fisheries officers in West Africa – having heard the adage ‘White man’s grave’, he dismissed it. 30 minutes later, his tutor handed him a letter from a former student who was now a colonial fisheries officer in Uganda. The letter read like something between a travel brochure and a boy’s adventure yarn… Keith retrieved the discarded newspaper and forgot all thoughts of teacher training college.

So, at 24 years old, Keith embarked in Liverpool and headed for the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and many hilarious times. He and two other officers covered the coastline up to the Togoland border, supervising boats being built and the gear they were using, and checking the catches landed, the fish markets and the training programmes. They observed foreigners and visitors and reported back to the national government and the Colonial Office. Five months into the role, the master boatbuilder fell sick and Keith took his job on, overseeing the building of 30ft diesel-engined fishing boats, in a busy yard with an 80-man workforce and six sets of stock. He mused that his entire previous experience comprised

building a highly unstable canoe in a friend’s dad’s garage!

Working and living in remote areas, Keith found the bachelor life lonely. He spent some evenings writing to family and friends, including one newish friend whom he’d met through his RAF friend Ron. Having spent only three days in Audrey’s company, their friendship blossomed through letters. Then one evening, feeling very much alone, he composed a proposal of marriage… well that wasn’t successful, but Keith never gave up easily: he booked an overseas telephone call… the line wasn’t clear, there was a lot of shouting, repetition and even the telephonist got involved, but it worked – in December 1956 Audrey married Keith and they flew off to start married life on the Gold Coast. (See HotPott July 2020.)

Exciting things happened: first Sally, then Nicky, were born during home leaves, and Keith helped make the arrangements for a visit to Ghana from Queen Elizabeth and continued

Prince Philip on HMY Britannia in 1961.

Keith’s next posting was just up the coast in Sierra Leone, but before they left home shores Keith and Audrey found their home base – a little two-up two-down cottage in Pott Shrigley, bought for £1,425. Son Jonathan was born before Audrey joined Keith in Sierra Leone; Christopher was born in Freetown and the family was complete.

In Sierra Leone Keith was chief fisheries officer; he ran a whole government department whilst fighting for whatever scraps of development aid was available. Five years later, his work done, Keith handed over the reins to the Sierra Leonian fisheries officer who had been shadowing him. Time for another transfer… but when he called at the Commonwealth Office Keith was informed that Britain had ‘lost the empire’ whilst he’d been away, so he retired from government service.

Keith quickly landed a short contract with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN as a fisheries development officer in Malawi. A plan for the whole of Lake Malawi – 360 miles long, 50 miles wide and almost a mile deep – was required! 20 months later, the plan was made and Keith, together with a team of nine specialists, each with a local counterpart to learn the job, set up training for boatbuilding, engineering, netmaking, fish farming and arrangements for market distribution, including building feeder roads. Seven years later, and with progress made, Keith headed to pastures new with the FAO in Bangladesh – a very different kettle of fish… En route, Keith managed to upgrade his flying experience, travelling part of the way on Concorde!

In Bangladesh, the work (coordinating UN aid programmes for fisheries) was very frustrating; after three years of trying hard but getting nowhere, he reluctantly asked for the project to cease. Anticipating this meant the end of his FAO career, Keith was astonished

to be promoted to a bigger job in Indonesia. It was almost as frustrating as Bangladesh, but the work was considered sound; Keith handed over to his Indonesian counterpart and returned to FAO headquarters in Rome, again expecting redundancy. Instead, he went to Fiji as the fisheries consultant for the South Pacific. Keith travelled extensively around the islands, inspecting their unique fishing techniques and helping fishermen source expertise wherever it was needed.

Keith and Audrey eventually retired to Pott Shrigley, and Keith immediately busied himself as a parish councillor, the chairman of the village hall committee and a school governor. He joined the newly formed Shrigley Hall Golf Club to improve his game… even the stags of the Shrigley estate would look in disdain at his efforts, but he enjoyed Monday morning golf with his friends.

Keith and Audrey enjoyed holidays anywhere, particularly cruises, and the annual TRASHHH – the Troupe of Returning, Ageing Semarang Hash House Harriers. In Indonesia Keith was instrumental in setting up the Semarang Hash House Harriers; their weekly meeting saw families run a sawdust trail through the countryside, with check points and false trails adding to the excitement, and ending up at the ‘ON IN’, a predetermined spot where the local brewery truck dispensed beer or lemonade to the thirsty hashers, who would then have a sing-song. Travelling through Europe on the way to retirement, Keith & Audrey visited ex-Semarang German friends; they held an impromptu Hash inviting many other ex-hashers and it became an annual event. To this day the TRASHHH is held in various countries around the world!

Whilst abroad, Audrey and Keith were heavily involved in amateur dramatics, Keith even wrote a couple of pantos. In the UK they both joined the Bollington Festival Players, not only acting but helping with the juniors and running the bar too. Keith and Audrey also

trod the boards in Pott, specifically at the Old People’s Party extravaganzas.

After son Nick’s tragic death in 1995, Keith inherited Nick’s little Sunbeam Alpine; he became a familiar sight, driving it around the countryside. He joined the Sunbeam Alpine Owners’ Club and enjoyed attending many of their rallies with Audrey, and occasionally, Sally and Gareth.

Soon after settling into village life, Keith bought himself a wood-turning lathe – he was once heard to say, whilst all dressed up for a night out: ‘Have I got time to make a quick eggcup?’

Keith tried so many other hobbies over the years: skiing, sailing, rowing, scuba-diving, snooker, Morris dancing, choir singing, playing the flute and accordion, darts, Scottish country dancing and he even made one of the hassocks in Pott Shrigley Church!

Keith will be much missed. His quick wit and dry sense of humour made him such good company, and he could turn his hand to anything – and frequently did! Our thoughts and prayers are with Audrey and the rest of Keith’s family.

Welcome to the village hall.

On Friday 9th June the village hall bar will be open at 6.30 as usual, so do come along. You can then join the AGM of the village hall at 7pm, followed by more conviviality in the bar afterwards. Please do support those who work so hard to keep our village hall and bar open for all to enjoy.

Treason Act, 25 Edward III 5 c.2 (1351)

Previous articles in this series have hinted at the somewhat mysterious circumstances in which the lives of Lady Joan Ingoldesthorpe and Geoffrey Downes, co-founders of the chantry at Pott Shrigley, ended.

In ‘…There is a young man, a mercer in the Chepe, …the which makes great labour to my lady [Ingoldesthorpe] and Jeffrey Downe …’ (HotPott, October 2022), we learned of the connection between Joan and Geoffrey and two of the alleged conspirators in the Perkin Warbeck plot, the Yorkist intrigue which threatened to remove Henry VII from the English throne and install a Flemish imposter instead. Inquisitions, Wills and more chantry tales (HotPott, April 2023) gave us tantalising bits of information, but left us on a cliffhanger… Lady Joan, who died on 21st June 1494, left part of her fortune to Geoffrey, we know not why, and the details of his death sometime in early 1495 – where, how and precisely when – are unknown. However, new discoveries made in the Chester County Archives (Searching for Geoffrey; HotPott, May 2023), further analysis of the legal documents relating to the death of Lady Joan Ingoldesthorpe and the results of fresh research in the National Archives may have brought us closer to having answers to those questions…

A note of mystery, and of suspicion, certainly creeps into our continuing story now, making it rather like the closing chapter from one of C.J. Sansom’s Shardlake Tudor mystery novels.

Paul Bowden

Not long after Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s death in

midsummer 1494, Rev. William Sutton D.D. (native of Prestbury parish, former principle of Brasenose Hall, Oxford, one of the two executors of Lady Joan Ingoldesthorpe’s will and a key trustee and beneficiary under one of her trusts) was arrested on the order of the King, Henry VII. So too was Dr William Rochford of Blackfriars (head of the Dominican Order in England, the overseer of Lady Joan’s will and another of her trustees and a beneficiary under her trusts). The pair had been under the surveillance of King Henry’s spies since earlier that year and were considered to be co-conspirators, alongside a number of Henry’s military commanders and courtiers, in the Perkin Warbeck plot –the last throw of the dice for the defeated and dwindling Yorkist faction. Ultimately, both William Sutton and William Rochford were spared, possibly because the evidence against them was insufficient or because they were clerics; either way they were fortunate. Under the 1351 Treason Act the penalty for

‘When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King …ought to be judged Treason’

Perkin Warbeck; The History Jar

men ‘compassing or imagining’ the death of the sovereign was execution by hanging, drawing and quartering together with the ‘escheatment’ (confiscation by the Crown) of all their land and personal property.

Sir William Stanley – conspirator-in-chief and the Cheshire connection

The chief conspirator in the Perkin Warbeck plot was Sir William Stanley, the King’s Chamberlain. The Stanley family were allpowerful in Lancashire and Cheshire and had important national connections: Sir William’s elder brother, Sir Thomas Stanley, was both the 1st Earl of Derby and King Henry VII’s stepfather. At different times, and as expedient to their interests, the Stanleys variously supported the Yorkist and Lancastrian causes before, during, and after the Wars of the Roses. During earlier phases of the conflict, Sir William fought for the Yorkist cause, including at the Battle of Towton in 1461 where Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian Henry VI. Sir William went on to be a prominent courtier and administrator for the Yorkist King Richard III after Richard usurped the throne in 1483, but just two years later, when Henry Tudor arrived in Wales in 1485 to challenge Richard’s title, Sir William appeared to change sides. His support for Henry Tudor was not unqualified though: on 22nd August 1495, as the Battle of Bosworth raged, Sir William initially withheld his personal force of 3,000 or so troops, who were drawn mainly from Cheshire and Lancashire, only committing them on the side of Henry

and the Lancastrian army towards the end of the combat. Sir William’s intervention turned the tide of battle in favour of Henry, who was at that moment in serious danger of losing, and ensured Sir William’s status as a central figure in securing Richard III’s defeat and death on the battlefield - and Henry’s victory. Henry, once on the throne, had little choice but to reward Sir William for how things had worked out at Bosworth: Henry made William Stanley his Lord Chamberlain and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, the Tudor equivalent of today’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Business Secretary, Secretary of State for the Environment and Master of the Royal Household all rolled into one. However, Sir William’s previous vacillation may explain why Henry VII probably never liked him, despite owing him his Crown and, in all likelihood, his life.

Nine years later, for whatever reason, Sir William Stanley turned again. Despite some historians’ doubts, but ultimately on his own confession, it emerged that William was a ringleader of the plot orchestrated

Sir William Stanley presenting the crown to Henry Tudor; British Battles Battle of Towton; Wikipedia

by Yorkist exiles to replace Henry VII with Perkin Warbeck, the pretender who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of Edward IV and one of the missing Princes in the Tower. Sir William Stanley was supported in this conspiracy by a number of lesser and shadowy figures from his affinity amongst the Lancashire and Cheshire gentry. It may seem a highly dangerous affair for individuals to allow themselves to be drawn into, but Henry VII’s hold on the Crown was still not entirely secure and as one historian observes: ‘… the nobles and gentry of Lancashire and Cheshire aligned their regional affinity with the Stanleys above all other available political allegiances with national figures, and … they did not feel any particular dynastic allegiance during the Wars of the Roses but rather followed the Stanleys’ lead.’

Were Geoffrey Downes and Joan Ingoldesthorpe part of the conspiracy?

It may all be quite coincidental – and we can only speculate – but might Lady Ingoldesthorpe and Geoffrey Downes also have been involved in the plot in some way? And might their deaths, so close together in time to each other’s and to the plot, have been linked to it somehow? The evidence is circumstantial but deserves reflection.

Firstly, there are the arrests on charges of

conspiracy of William Sutton and William Rochford, both of whom were playing such intimate and trusted roles in Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s personal affairs at the time of the plot. Rochford and his Dominicans at Blackfriars were also central to Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s continuing attachment to, and commemoration of, her dead brother John Tiptoft, who was not just The Butcher of England but also the Che Guevara of the Yorkist cause. (See ‘ …Whenever he sing Requiem that hee say De Profundis … for the founders Joan and Geoffrey.’ [HotPott, June 2022]) By the time of William Sutton’s arrest, he and Geoffrey Downes had shared a longstanding Prestbury and family connection. (See ‘…There is a young man, a mercer in the Chepe,…’ & Wills and more chantry tales [HotPott, October 2022 & April 2023])

Secondly, although we do not know whether Geoffrey Downes, for many years a ‘gentleman of London’, was ever part of Sir William Stanley’s Cheshire affinity, a number of unidentified members of this group also fell under suspicion and investigation in 1494-95. Geoffrey must have been at least acquainted with some (or all) of those of Stanley’s circle implicated in the conspiracy. Thirdly, and remarkably, when we join up other dots we find that after Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s brother John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester and Butcher of England, was executed in 1470, his wife, Elizabeth, married Sir William Stanley. More than this, on returning to the records of Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s inquisitions post mortem (See Wills and more chantry tales [HotPott, April 2023]), it emerges that ‘Elizabeth

Countess of Worcester, wife of William Stanley’ was a major beneficiary of several lifetime trusts set up by Lady Ingoldesthorpe. Under one such trust Elizabeth (and for all practical purposes Sir William as long as he remained married to Elizabeth) was granted a lifetime interest in no less than five

Syon House, site of Syon Abbey, burial place of Sir William Stanley in February 1495; Wikipedia

manors plus the rents from other properties in East Anglia held by Lady Joan (altogether worth millions of pounds at present values). Another of the trusts included the manor of Wickhambreaux in Kent, where James Downes was the rector; this granted annuities to the Perkin Warbeck plot co-conspirators William Sutton and William Rochford, but provided Elizabeth Stanley with a far larger annuity of £16 13s 4d a year (about £150,000 today) ‘as her dower’. This suggests that Lady Ingoldesthorpe had assumed the Tiptoft family responsibility for providing for Elizabeth after she was widowed by John Tiptoft’s execution. In short, in addition to being connected through marriage, there were very substantial financial ties between Lady Ingoldesthorpe and Sir William Stanley

at the time of the conspiracy - and almost certainly connections too between the Stanleys and Sutton and Rochford, as Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s trustees, and with Geoffrey Downes who was not only another trustee but also Lady Ingoldesthorpe’s legal counsel, and as such would have been working to ensure that her trusts in Lady Stanley’s favour were being operated as Lady Ingoldesthorpe intended.

And finally, this growing body of evidence of multiple and worryingly close connections between Joan Ingoldesthorpe and Geoffrey Downes and several known Perkin Warbeck conspirators brings us to a brief, but almost heart-stopping, entry in The Close Rolls of Henry VII. These Rolls record important legal and judicial acts and events, many of which touched on the workings of the Crown and the administration of the country. The entry dated 15th January 1495 reads:

‘John Shaa and Ralph Lathom, goldsmiths of London, to the King. Bond in £1,000, payable at Easter next unless Geoffrey Doune appear before the King when summoned’.

What does this mean? It tells us that John Shaa (the nephew of Sir Edmund Shaa, one time Lord Mayor of London and Geoffrey Downe’s cousin and probable legal client) and Lathom, another prominent and wealthy member of the Goldsmiths’ Company in the City of London (for which much of Geoffrey’s professional work had been done over the previous 30 or more years) were standing

The 'will' of Geoffrey Downes

John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester; facebook

bail for Geoffrey on a charge that he faced; a charge which he would be required to defend in front of King Henry himself. It must have been a very serious charge. The amount of the bail bond is the equivalent of more than £3,000,000 today. We must suppose that Shaa and Lathom, in standing bail for Geoffrey, would have required Geoffrey to provide whatever of his own funds or property he could to support this huge guarantee. We do not know if Geoffrey ever appeared before the King. We do not know what the charge against him might have been. We do know that Sir William Stanley was arrested and, having confessed to the conspiracy, was executed for high treason three weeks after Geoffrey Downes was put on bail. We can, however, probably make some educated guesses. And it is at this moment that Geoffrey Downes disappears from the historical record and from our sight. But the chantry he and Lady Ingoldesthorpe created at Pott Shrigley to sing masses for their souls remained and his Great Bell in the new tower Geoffrey had built there was ready to toll in dirge and in their memory.

And indeed, after more than five centuries, Geoffrey’s Great Bell is still used to toll in dirge for those we mourn… though it rings out far more often – every Sunday in fact – in joyful praise of God.

Thanks to all who swished and swopped…

Very many thanks to all those who supported St Christopher’s latest fundraiser by donating clothes, bags and cash, by purchasing items on the night, and by coming along to enjoy the Swish and Swop evening so wonderfully organised by Madeline, Ros, Sandy, Mary and Ivy. Ivan did sterling work manning the door, and thanks go to David Garton too for providing his usual excellent bar service.

An incredible £540 was raised, and even better – Meg came away with a fluffy jacket and startlingly pink bag!

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The village hall defibrillator has a new home… & anyone for first aid training?

The defibrillator that used to live on the wall adjacent to the village hall/school entrance door has been moved to the old red BT telephone box on the cobbles next to the church lychgate.

Gareth Winstanley

A few years ago, the parish council kindly agreed to fund the upkeep of the two automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) situated in the village. Originally, when the AED was installed at the village hall/school, it was accessible 24/7. However, in order to keep our school children as safe as possible it became necessary to fence and lock the school playground during school hours; this introduced a potential delay in getting to the AED in an emergency. A solution was at hand though…

Since most people now own a mobile phone, telephone kiosks are largely redundant and British Telecom started to decommission them. The parish council were offered the opportunity to purchase Pott Shrigley’s only telephone box for the princely sum of £1.

What

a prize they got: the red K6 Jubilee

Kiosk was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (architect of Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station among other places) and introduced by the General Post Office to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V in 1935. By relocating the AED to the telephone kiosk, it is now more accessible and continues to make good use of one of the village’s longstanding landmarks.

AEDs are simple to use and can be very effective in helping to save the life of someone suffering a cardiac arrest. Gareth Winstanley has arranged for members of Bollington First Responders to hold a couple of training sessions in the village hall. If you want to learn how to use an AED and some other basic first aid, please contact Gareth Winstanley on 01625 574545.

Very many thanks to Gareth who has cleaned our village phone box so thoroughly!

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Coffee Break

Across

1 See 23 Across

3 Where the thief on the cross was told he would be, with Jesus (Luke 23:43) (8)

8 Invalid (4)

9 Blasphemed (Ezekiel 36:20) (8)

11 Adhering to the letter of the law rather than its spirit (Philippians 3:6) (10)

14 Shut (Ecclesiastes 12:4) (6)

15 ‘This is how it will be with anyone who — up things for himself but is not rich towards God’ (Luke 12:21) (6)

17 Mary on Isis (anag.) (10)

20 Agreement (Hebrews 9:15) (8)

21 Native of, say, Bangkok (4)

22 Deaf fort (anag.) (5-3)

23 and 1 Across ‘The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of — to work it and take — of it’ (Genesis 2:15) (4,4)

Down

1 Struggle between opposing forces (Habakkuk 1:3) (8)

2 James defined this as ‘looking after orphans and widows in their distress and keeping oneself from being polluted by the world’ (James 1:27) (8)

4 ‘The one I kiss is the man; — him’ (Matthew 26:48) (6)

5 ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in — , faithful in prayer’ (Romans 12:12) (10)

6 St Columba’s burial place (4)

7 Swirling current of water (4)

10 Loyalty (Isaiah 19:18) (10)

12 ‘God was pleased through the foolishness of what was — , to save those who believe’ (1 Corinthians 1:21) (8)

13 Camp where the angel of the Lord slew

185,000 men one night (2 Kings 19:35) (8)

16 ‘There is still — — — Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet’(2 Samuel 9:3) (1,3,2)

18 David Livingstone was one (4)

19 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (1,1,1,1)

Our churchwarden has the courage, but not always the skills, to tackle any DIY job that needs doing around the church. For example, in the church shed are still pieces of the church lawn mower that he once tried to fix. So, our vicar wasn’t surprised the day he found him in the vestry, attacking the vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver. “This thing won’t cooperate,” he complained.

The vicar thought for a moment:

“Why don’t you drag it out to the shed and show it what you did to the lawn mower?”

The Suffering Church

I hope you enjoyed watching and reading about all the coronation goings on. At the time of the Reformation Henry VIII wrote a book denouncing Martin Luther and his teachings; this pleased the Pope so much he awarded Henry the title Defender of the Faith. Although Henry later broke with Rome, all subsequent British monarchs have claimed this title of Defender of the Faith. Charles, however, wants to be known as Defender of faith and representatives of other faiths were involved in his coronation service; our Prime Minister, a practising Hindu, read the lesson for example. Please don’t forget to pray for interfaith violence to cease; Christians are persecuted in some totalitarian regimes, but representatives of other faiths (Hindus in India, Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka and Muslims in the Saleh region of Africa for example) persecute Christians on a wide scale, and Christians sometimes perpetrate violence themselves. It really is a problem that needs persistent prayer.

In HotPott October 2019, we heard how a Christian school in Bethlehem, St Aphrem’s, was a refuge, a place of safety and love, of hope and healing, for poor Christian children who face harassment and discrimination in their daily lives. It is now celebrating its 20th anniversary! The school opened in 2003 in a quiet area of Bethlehem with 15 children in kindergarten, while elsewhere in the city the violence of an intifada was raging. Today it has 650 youngsters on roll, aged from three to 18, and most of them are Christian; its 61 staff are also Christian. Pupils receive a quality education and a detailed understanding of the Bible: ‘We thank the Lord for His graces bestowed upon us and remain in gratitude to Barnabas Aid for their unconditional love and care for our school and all its members,' says school director Miss Amal Behnam. ‘Our

journey was paved with different challenges, upheavals and tests… Nevertheless, the amazing results and achievements of our students have brightened up the road to our joyful successes.’ Many Christian parents are struggling financially because their work in tourism diminished significantly during and since the pandemic; Barnabas funding has enabled the school fees to remain very low, so even the poorest Christian children can attend. Pupils receive a quality education and are taught Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus; the school endeavours to give students a detailed understanding of the Bible and they sing the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic each morning. ‘I have experienced the best Christian setting and environment ever at my school,’ said Jiovanni, who will soon graduate from St Aphrem’s after 15 years. ‘Please keep us all in your prayers and help us all receive the best educational opportunities possible.’

Do you belong to a house group? Do you expect a visit from the police when you meet? Thank God we have freedom to meet and worship. In Iran, Malihe Nazari, a Christian convert whose son Mohammad-Hossein was

Cynthia, Lea & Youstina representing St Aseph's school in the final of a psalm singing competition in Jeusalem; Barnabas

diagnosed with leukaemia five years ago, was released from prison on 24 April. Malihe was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for allegedly disrupting national security by helping to operate a house church and had been held at Evin Prison, Tehran, since August 2022. Give thanks for Malihe’s freedom and pray both that she will be able to support her son and that her release will be permanent.

More than 1,350 Christians were killed as a result of anti-Christian persecution by Islamist extremists in the northern and Middle Belt of Nigeria in the 12 months before 31st January 2023, according to a report from The Kukah Centre, which was founded by a senior church leader in the region. Ask the Lord to sustain His Church in Nigeria, and to bring an end to the campaign of persecution being waged against His people there.

The military in Myanmar, the Tatmadaw, continue their attacks in Christian-majority states. In mid-April the villagers of Mae Ka Nae in Karen State were forced to flee their homes when their village church was destroyed by a large bomb and the 12 houses that survived the bombardment were subsequently burnt down by soldiers. Pray for the villagers, including the pastor of the church, who have been left homeless.

Let’s finish with some good news. In April 2020 we heard from Pakistan about James, Khadim and Younas, brick-kiln workers who were freed from indebtedness to their employers by funds given by their fellow workers and Barnabas supporters. This excellent work continues: like many other Pakistani Christians, Khalid thought the only option he had to pay his family’s medical bills was to borrow money from his employer; this kept him bonded to the brick kiln, unable to leave and get another job and with money

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Brick kiln family freed from debt, Pakistan; Barnabas deducted from his wages to pay the interest. As with so many other poor families, it was virtually impossible for Khalid to pay off his debt, so he was trapped. Barnabas Aid provided funds to pay off Khalid’s debt. ‘I can now take care of my family much better than before. My wife is also happy and now she is recovering fast.’ Khalid’s children can now attend school and he can save a little money for emergencies. Khalid said: ‘My life has changed because of Barnabas Aid. I was very upset and discouraged from life… after the help from Barnabas Aid, I see hope again…’ Kamran has a similar story. He was bonded to his brick-kiln employer by two

loans: one to support his wife and himself and the other inherited from his late father. After Barnabas Aid paid off these debts Kamran could afford nourishing food for himself and his wife. ‘Thank you Barnabas Aid. I pray that God give you more strength so you can help others like me.’ Barnabas has freed a further 574 Christian ‘brick-kiln’ families since we reported the story in April 2020, but there are many more to help. Please consider if you are able to help in this work by praying and/or donating.

Thanks to Barnabas Aid for the information in this article.

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Brick kiln worker, Pakistan; Barnabas

Missionary Matters

Johnny McClean will be travelling from Bangkok to the UK in mid-June; his wife Ann and son Joshua will join him 10 days later. They hope to visit some of their supporters, go to the Keswick and their mission (UFM) conferences, have a family holiday in Ireland, attend Matthew’s graduation in Belfast and settle Bethan in a new house in Norwich ready for her second year at university. Phew! Johnny flies back to Thailand (for a rest!) in early August, preceded by Ann and Joshua for the start of their school year. Please pray for them as they balance deputation meetings, time with prayer partners, quality time with their family and holidays to rest and prepare for the demands their life in Thailand make on them.

John Ryley

Pray too for all the practicalities of travel and accommodation for five McCleans in different locations, and for those weeks when Ann will be in Bangkok and Johnny in the UK. Pastor Pramote and his wife Ling have their hands full with their baby daughter Praise, their toddler Paul and 10-year-old Peace. Pray they will cope well with running the New City Fellowship Church while the McCleans are away. Among the many temples, markets, and shopping malls in Bangkok there are

churches, often hidden but growing in number. Please pray for the 11 new church planting teams being trained by City to City, that they each would be able to plant a new church this year. Pray too for Christians to share the gospel with their Buddhist and Muslim neighbours, and for Christians newly arriving from upcountry to find a church community. Recently a lady called Pa came to New City Fellowship after finding them on the internet; please pray that she comes again – and stays! Last year the McCleans contemplated downsizing now the kids are leaving home. However, they both sensed the Lord wanted them to stay put for this next season and use the house as a place of ministry and blessing for both visiting missionaries and Thai Christians. As I write, their home is full to overflowing as they host Off-Peung Wichaphon and three other Thai families from Chiangmai who are serving at a Youth for Christ camp currently.

In Malawi, Megumi was recently delighted by the response to a recent Bible study he was leading, describing it as: ‘the most exciting that I have ever experienced’. He gave the credit to God and the ‘excellent’ study book they were using, God's Green Book. The chapter The Land rejoices, based on Isaiah 35, challenged the group to pick a piece of land that needs redeeming. They chose the River Mudi, which runs through the centre of Blantyre. Over the past two years lots of litter was removed and replaced with bamboo and flowers, but Cyclone Freddy wrecked all that! So Megumi organised further litter clearing with the aim of making a difference to the local population by making Blantyre more beautiful. He also liaised with local businesses and with the manager of the existing river project; additional plans are being made!

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Helen and Megumi have continued to meet the Japanese lady who was seeking help to explain her new Christian faith to her parents. (See HotPott May 2023.) They have discussed many things, beginning with Genesis and just reaching the beginning of the New Testament with a quick glance at Mark's Gospel. She is now back in Japan, so please pray that she will be able to explain and demonstrate her faith, that her family accept her as their Christian daughter/sister and that she will be able to find good support from a local Christian fellowship. Christian prevalence in Japan has remained at about 2% for decades; family pressure and socio-cultural restrictions are huge barriers to Christian faith. However, one report indicates that many Japanese people overseas decide to trust and follow

Jesus, though for a mixture of reasons, about 80% of them give up when they are back in Japan. Megumi wonders if this is why the Lord took him to Malawi and kept him there, but he was excited to think that helping this new believer might have been one of His reasons.

The Bible study guide for Matthew that Megumi is preparing has progressed as far as the Sermon on the Mount. In Chichewa, it is called the Teaching on the Mount, but Megumi has become increasingly aware of the preaching-like character (rather than instructional character) of the Sermon, in announcing the Good News and urging people to make a choice in response. Please pray that he can think of good questions to pose in his study guide, so that other people can make the same discovery.

The Evangelical Bible College of Malawi, where Megumi used to work, recently asked him if he could teach the New Testament Survey in their second semester; unfortunately, he had to decline on this occasion. Please continue to pray that the college’s programme of training pastors for work throughout Malawi will be effective.

Megumi and Helen are on home assignment in the autumn and are hoping to visit all their sponsoring churches whilst here. Daughter Mary is working hard to complete her degree in occupational therapy and will marry her fiancé in October. Other family news includes Helen’s dad reaching 94, celebrated by a family barbecue. Please pray for the Fazakerleys, and all missionary families separated from each other as they seek to bring God’s good news to those overseas.

From the Registers

Baptism

We welcome into our church family: 30th April Stanley Joseph Dunkerley

River Mudi litter pick

Your Vote Your Council

Highways

New information

• Extension to kerb by village hall: the replacement highways officer has no knowledge of this so has suggested another site meeting with an engineer. Meeting delayed until new financial year. Cllr Basford will discuss attaching a lorry marker board to the village hall wall.

• Guttering dumped on Shrigley Road removed.

• Damaged fencing at back of layby near West Park Gate. Clerk will report to Highways. It is not known who owns the fence.

• Flooding outside the entrance to Norman’s Hall Mews reported by the clerk has temporarily dried up.

• Jasmine growing opposite Verona extends into the road, forcing vehicles to take up a dangerous central position at the narrowest part of the road. Cllr Basford fortuitously met a highways inspector on Spuley Lane and the issue will be investigated.

Pending

• Culvert under Shrigley Road outside Pott Hall.

• Remedial resurfacing of Shrigley Road from Green Close to the aqueduct.

• Modifications to the chevron bend by Shrigley Hall.

• Collapsed wall Bakestonedale Road.

• Culvert outside Pott Hall under Shrigley Road. No response to three emails re progress with this.

The ward councillors are investigating the pending issues, all of which have been ongoing for a considerable time, but as

Cllr Wylie was not present no update was received. As suggested by Cllr Saunders, immediately after the May election the clerk will send a list of outstanding highways issues to the borough councillors.

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Defibrillator/phone box

A grant of £500 to move the defibrillator from the school into the phone box was received from the NECCP. This has now been done.

Lychgate

Estimates for the necessary repairs have been received. The information required by the diocese regarding the proposed lychgate repairs has been sent. It is likely that the archdeacon will be able to give approval for the work to go ahead.

Annual litter pick

This was successfully completed on 8th April 2023; thank you to all those who volunteered to help.

King Charles III Coronation

It was agreed that we would like to fly a flag. Cllrs Wray and Basford will inspect the flagpole to check its viability.

Planning

There is no new information about any planning matter.

Meetings

The Annual Parish Meeting took place on 15th May 2023; this was followed by a parish council meeting. The next council meeting will take place at 8pm on 5th June 2023.

Recipe of the Month

Moussaka

Kath and I are always delighted to hear that Ney Hey Farm lamb is on offer. But what to do with the minced breast of lamb?

Duncan Matheson

This moussaka recipe is the perfect answer… though do allow yourself time to get it done – it’s easy to do but the cooking times for the component parts of the moussaka do add up!

Serves 4 generously

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons olive oil

3 medium or 2 large aubergines

2 medium potatoes

1 large onion, finely chopped

4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1.5 tsp cinnamon

1.5 tsp dried oregano

1 bay leaf

500g minced lamb (or beef, but needs slightly more olive oil)

3 tablespoon tomato purée, mixed with 150ml water

150ml red wine

Small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped

For the béchamel:

500ml milk

60g butter

60g plain flour

50g kefalotyri or pecorino or parmigiano

Reggiano cheese, grated

2 eggs, beaten

Nutmeg, to grate

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Cut the aubergines lengthways into 0.5cm slices and put them onto oiled baking sheets. Brush with olive oil (not too much, aubergines absorb oil like sponges) and season. Bake for about 25 minutes until soft, golden and floppy.

2. Meanwhile, put 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan over a medium high heat and cook the onion until soft. Add the garlic, cinnamon and oregano and cook for a further couple of minutes, then stir in the lamb (or beef). Turn up the heat slightly, and brown the meat well, cooking until the mixture is quite dry. Stir in the tomato purée, bay leaf and wine, bring to a simmer, then turn the heat down low and cook for 30–40 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. Season and stir in the parsley.

3. Cut the potatoes into 0.5cm slices and boil for 10 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, make the béchamel. Melt the butter in another saucepan. Stir the flour into the butter and cook for a couple of minutes, then gradually whisk in the milk. Cook until you have a thick sauce, then stir in the cheese until melted. Take off the heat and allow to cool slightly, then beat in the eggs, salt to taste and add slightly more nutmeg than you might think wise (it's a strong flavour, but you need lots of it in this dish – half a teaspoon at least).

5. Arrange a third of the aubergines in the base of an ovenproof dish (28x18x5cm approx.), then meat, then potatoes. Repeat these layers, then finish off with a layer of aubergine, and

top with the sauce. Bake for about 45 minutes until well browned, and then leave to cool for 15 minutes before serving – this helps the moussaka stay in its layers when its served. Apparently moussaka cuisine takes its name from the Arabic word musaqqa'ah, which means cold or dipped in liquid. Both Greek and Turkish cooks adopted the name when the Arabs introduced it to the Mediterranean. Turks and Greeks may have agreed on this Arabic name because some consider moussaka is best served warm or cold – I prefer mine hot! Editor.

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Parish Council Clerk: Joyce Burton, pottclerk@btinternet.com

Wedding Coordinator: Pam Cooke, weddings@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

Head Teacher: Mrs Anne-Marie Willis , Pott Shrigley Church School, SK10 5RT

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Dr John Ryley, Duncan Matheson, Sally Winstanley, Peter Kennedy, Jean Ferguson, Andy Phillips, Pam Cooke, Ian Clarke, Mary Currell, Mike Akerman, Rebecca Roth-Biester Sheila Garton, David Garton, David Gem, Annie Palace, Kath Matheson, Chris Day, Reg Ferguson. This directory was updated on 25th May 2023.Please give corrections and additions to magazine@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk