BOOKS GALORE – AND MORE!
On Saturday 11th September from 10am until 12 noon there will be books galore on the URC forecourt (or inside if wet).
Quality stock ~ £1 for “special” paperbacks, up to £5 for our best items
Main stock ~ 50p for paperbacks, £1 hardbacks (sorted by author and/or subject to make browsing easier)
Bargain stock ~ fill one of our carriers with all that you can for just £1!
We’ve also got some wonderful loose prints – a bargain at £2 each or three for £5. And there will be records and CDs, bric-a-brac and the always popular refreshments and home-made cakes. So get there early and don’t miss out.
If you have items to donate (yes, we do need more!) please bring them to the Church on Friday 10th September from 3pm to 7pm, or phone Richard Piper on 01895 634348 if you need them to be collected.
WORKERS EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION PROGRAMME
The courses for 2010/2011 arranged by the WEA offer their usual stimulating mix of topics. Old favourites ‘Literature Appreciation’, ‘Poetry’, ‘Gardening’, ‘Pilates’ and ‘IT - Photoshop and Desk Top Publishing’ are joined by ‘Art History’, ‘Music - Know your Mozart’, ‘History of the Spanish Civil War’ and ‘Historic Gardens of Great British Houses’. All take place at the Compass Theatre in Ickenham.
Enrolment week begins on Monday 20th September. As previously, students can attend the first session of any course free of charge, to see if it is to their liking. So come along, and try out any that catch your eye!
A brochure containing details of the courses arranged by all WEA London branches is available in local libraries and some bookshops. Look there for more details, or contact Caroline Field on 01923 824922, Chris Hammond on 020 8995 2081, or visit our website at www.wea.org.uk.
DONATIONS
Receipt is acknowledged, with grateful thanks, for donations towards the cost of ICN, from:
Anon via Editor; Anon via Alan Grove; Ickenham Festival; Hillingdon Branch of the Council of Christians and Jews; Kenton Light Opera Society; Ickenham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild; Anon via Patricia Lee
Copy for the next issue should be with the team by 12 noon on 13th September.
COLIN KERSHAW
 After a short illness Colin Kershaw died on 11th July. His funeral service at St Giles’ was filled by many of his family and friends who remembered and respected him for his outstanding contribution to the local community and St Giles’ in particular.
Colin was born in 1926 in Yorkshire, a fact of which he was very proud. He attended Batley Grammar School, then Deacon’s School in Peterborough followed by Loughborough College where he studied mechanical engineering. On graduating he joined the Army and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers, serving in Germany as Field Squadron Troop Commander. On demobilisation he joined the construction industry, with John Laing then Taylor Woodrow. He worked on several important projects at Heathrow and the North Sea, retiring in 1991 in the position of Chief Planning Engineer.
Colin met his darling Val on a blind date in Peterborough. They became engaged and married in 1962. Their first home was at Hessle, then Willerby. Here, in 1966, David was born and in 1968, Alison in Peterborough. Then the family moved to a new home in Ickenham, where Susan was born two years later. All three children went to school at Breakspear and Vyners. Colin was always a keen sportsman and played rugby, hockey, basketball as well as sailing – an interest shared closely with Val and the children.
The family links with St Giles’ started with Colin being confirmed as an adult candidate when Paul Kelly was Rector. Colin became a Sidesman, a member of the PCC and later a Churchwarden. He and Val were active in the church in several ways including advising young couples planning their marriages. Both were members of St Giles’ Badminton Club and founder members of the Short-Mat Bowling Club and they were keen supporters of church fund-raising events.
Colin was a devoted family man and immensely proud of his wife, children and eight grandchildren. He will be much missed. As Val said, “Colin was very special. He had the determined qualities of a Yorkshireman coupled with warmth and consideration for other people and a long-lasting love for Ickenham and St Giles’. He would have been impressed by the more than 200 cards of sympathy and good wishes. These thoughts, prayers and offers of help have been a great comfort to the family since Colin’s death”. |
