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Name: |
Roland Walton |
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Location: |
Carlisle |
Date: |
8 July 2008 |
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Comment:
Alicia & I got married at St Nicks in March 1992 and now live with our 5
children at the Scottish border. Two of us are back Friday 11 July for
the funeral of our dear neighbour Roy from School Lane. Happy memories.
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Name: |
Hazel
Cashmore |
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Location: |
Scottish Highlands |
Date: |
14 March 2008 |
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Comment:
I have many memories of St Nicholas school and church. I was confirmed by
Bishop Bardsley in 1961 and a member of the ladies church choir (remember
lots of concerts put on in Parochial Hall) in the middle 1960s. I also
attended St Barnabas church when Rev Theibald was there and remember
making a scrapbook about the consecration of the then new Coventry
Cathedral in Sunday School. I enjoyed my time at both churches and it's
lovely to see your website. I left Warwickshire in 1978 for Scotland. Does
anyone remember the ladies choir of the 60s? Would like to know with fond
memories.
Hazel Cashmore nee Salisbury.
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Name: |
Carleton MacDonald |
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Location: |
Gaithersburg Maryland |
Date: |
12 March 2008 |
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Comment:
I came to Kenilworth with my family in June 2005 to visit an old college
friend who married a fine fellow who is a professor at the University of
Warwick. We stayed at her house in Upper Ladyes Hills and on Sunday
morning I walked down the hill to St. Nicholas for the early service,
since I'm a regular member of our parish here in Maryland. The people
and the vicar were very friendly - he told me a bit of the history of
the church and it was fascinating; the church has been around long
before North America was even colonized - and if we lived in Kenilworth
I know where I'd find a church home. I've begun bell ringing at the
Washington National Cathedral and the next time we come to Kenilworth I
hope to meet the band and maybe join in a bit. You have a fine web site
and a very lively church community!
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Name: |
Amanda Walton |
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Location: |
Cirencester Gloucestershire |
Date: |
6 January 2008 |
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Comment:
My husband Mark and I attended St Nick's and were married there in March
2003 by Patrick Taylor. We now attend St Matthew's in Coates, nr
Cirencester, and have become a family of four! (Lucy, 3 and Adam 11
months). Still have very fond memories of the Church/Kenilworth. Best
wishes to Richard, and the congregation.
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Name: |
Mary Priday |
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Location: |
Birmingham |
Date: |
3 November 2007 |
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Comment:
Congratulations on reaching the halfway total for the Parish Hall Appeal!
Of course, the second half will always be the hardest. Mum and I
continue to pray for you all and will support all we can. Unfortunately
the present access to the hall prohibits Mum from coming to the
Christmas Fair, much to her regret. Keep up the good work, and thanks
again for the warm welcome we received on 14/10. Fetched the latest
magazine this afternoon, so, combined with my access to the website, we
are now up to date with events at St Nicholas.
Love and
prayers to all. Mary
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Name: |
Lynne Vaughan |
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Location: |
Neston |
Date: |
14 April 2007 |
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Comment:
What a lively, interesting site you have! Congratulations for making it
easily accessible and absolutely up-to-date. A great witness, God
bless.
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Name: |
Marina |
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Location: |
Birmingham |
Date: |
12 February 2007 |
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Comment:
Hi This is Marina from the Coptic Orthodox Church in Birmingham. Your
visit to our church was lovely and I hope you liked the church. The
report on the visit on this website is great. Thanks for your nice
comments. Hope to see you again soon!!!
God Bless. Marina
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Name: |
Rosemary Brooks |
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Location: |
Basingstoke, Hampshire |
Date: |
24 January 2007 |
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Comment:
Hi there any one who knows me or my mother Vera Jaye.
Unfortunately Vera passed away last Saturday January 20th after 92 years
most of which she attended St Nicholas both the School and the Church.
Please remember her as the life and soul of the party which she was and
how she helped lots of people not just her family. Although we
left Kenilworth back in 1970 we still look regularly at this web site.
Love to all Rosemarie Tony and Family.
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Name: |
Rosemary Brooks |
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Location: |
Basingstoke, Hampshire |
Date: |
15 January 2007 |
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Comment:
Was scanning through the messages and saw one from Sue Taylor. Hi
Sue long time since we met. Unfortunately Mum Vera Jaye can no
longer attend the Church but receives Holy Communion in her own home and
when she has been in hospital I still come to Kenilworth often and mum
was fortunate enough to attend our son's wedding in July 2006 at St
Johns Church Hook in Hampshire Mum was so happy. Rosemary
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Name: |
Tony Lever |
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Location: |
Studley, Warwickshire |
Date: |
5 December 2006 |
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Comment:
Hi folks. Nice useful site good map facility. Could you add
the postcode somewhere please, us SatNav users would appreciate this.
Thanks. Tony
Good
idea - 'Where to Find Us' page now updated with info for SatNav users -
Webmaster
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Name: |
Charlie Dickson |
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Location: |
Kenilworth |
Date: |
22 November 2006 |
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Comment:
I used to go to St Nicholas school and the church used to be a regular
visit, I thought it was a wonderful place. Thank you Reverend Awre
and Reverend Craig for inviting us to the church.
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Name: |
Carly Fitzpatrick |
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Location: |
Longridge |
Date: |
27 October 2006 |
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Comment:
I put an images search into Google for an advent crown and look what I
got! I'm teaching the advent at school this half term. It was nice to
see Richard's face again! Hope you and your parish are well and looking
forward to this year's advent celebrations!
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Name: |
Charlotte Gompertz |
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Location: |
Mittersill Austria |
Date: |
22 October 2006 |
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Comment:
Lovely to see pictures of Craig Groocock's ordination! What a top
bloke! Please pass on my love and best wishes to him and Su - I
was one of his youth workers for the diocese for a few years - he's just
the best - saved my sanity on numerous occasions!
Currently living in Austria with my husband and son Noah [4 next
month] and daughter Molly [10 months]. Would love to hear from Craig!
Char x
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Name: |
Paddy Conway |
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Location: |
Chicago USA |
Date: |
21 October 2006 |
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Comment:
My good friend Richard Moore who was baptized and married in your church
led me to your church website. Although many miles away, and a
Catholic, on my next visit home to Cheltenham I would be honoured to
attend your church for a sermon. I love your site and am impressed
by the effort you put forth, and your warmth as Christians. God
bless.
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Name: |
Prebendary Peter Clarke |
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Location: |
West Camel Somerset |
Date: |
10 August 2006 |
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Comment:
Now retired, Lissie and Chris staying with us for the night - Chris
manfully doing all my DIY!!!! Please tell Richard and Ann and I send
greetings.
Our All
Saints web site is now up and running (allsaintswsm.org.uk).
Chris has had a lot to do with it also - he's wonderful but of course
behind every good man there is an even better woman. 6 West Camel
Farm, West Camel, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7HH.
I like your
website, clear and concise and very informative.
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Name: |
Sharon Awre Insley |
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Location: |
Fort Erie Ontario Canada |
Date: |
17 July 2006 |
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Comment:
The website just continues to get better and better ...and so much is
happening in your parish life ... I only wish I was closer ...so I could
share in the ministry of St Nicholas & St Barnabas.
Father Richard
came to Canada in 1983 and looked up our branch of the family ... My
grandfather was from the village of Awre in Gloucester ...Richard and I
have stayed in touch over the years ... I'm looking forward to another
visit to England and Wales in 2007 ... hopefully I'll find my way to
Kenilworth
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Name: |
Anthony Woodhill |
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Location: |
Fremantle Australia |
Date: |
5 March 2006 |
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Comment:
I must be related to the vicar who died in 1648..fascinating to know the
ancestral line..looks a lovely church
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Name: |
Beverley
Watts nee Thornton |
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Location: |
Moss Vale NSW Australia |
Date: |
21 February 2006 |
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Comment:
I lived in Kenilworth from 1964-68 and was a Girl Guide with the 4th
Kenilworth troop which was connected with the church. I was also
confirmed at St Nicholas in May 1968. My family emigrated to
Australia later that year. I remember it as a very beautiful
church.
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Name: |
Timothy J. Mannion |
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Location: |
Montclair New Jersey USA |
Date: |
25 January 2006 |
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Comment:
I gladly happened across your website while research Flower Guild
activities on the internet. What a lovely, lovely ministry your group has
shared with the world. As the director of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Flower Guild, I am always seeking ideas and your photos are stellar.
Please check out some of ours:
http://photos.yahoo.com/stlukesmtc Thanks for the great tour!
I hope to visit in person one day. Tim
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Name: |
Brenda Jones |
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Location: |
Warwick |
Date: |
17 January 2006 |
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Comment:
Greetings from Christ Church LEP in Warwick. Just wanted to say that
I think your web site is excellent, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
Prayers and best wishes. Brenda
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Name: |
John Thornton |
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Location: |
Cleveland Ohio USA |
Date: |
22 October 2005 |
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Comment:
My great grandparents George Thornton and Mary Jane Kimberley were married
at St. Nicholas Church Christmas Day 1880. They lived on Albion Street in
Kenilworth. I believe my great-great grandparents Edward and Jane
Kimberley are buried in the church yard. My wife and I visited your
beautiful church this past June with our friends from Coventry, Phil and
Julie Parry.
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Name: |
Olwen |
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Location: |
Gloucestershire |
Date: |
11 September 2005 |
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Comment:
I was very pleased to find your excellent website accidentally.
St. Nicholas Church is of special interest as it was the place where my
great great grandfather was christened in 1827. This is only a
recent discovery but will hopefully lead to more. (James Sharpe was
his name)
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Name: |
Tom Charnley |
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Location: |
Warrington |
Date: |
20 July 2005 |
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Comment:
Sheila and Richard Short - I'd recognise you two anywhere! Glad to
see you are looking well. My 25th Wedding anniversary is on 26th of
this month. Haven't seen you two for 35yrs? Just spoke to Charlie
Bell, in regular contact with Vaughan Robinson as well. Better luck
next time with the boules!
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Name: |
Denise Coomber |
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Location: |
Kenilworth, Warwickshire |
Date: |
21 June 2005 |
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Comment:
Really well constructed web site. Exceptionally up to date. Well done
Steve!
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Name: |
Andrew Whittington |
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Location: |
Evesham |
Date: |
18 June 2005 |
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Comment:
What a lovely website. It's lovely to see the church thriving.
I was born and
bred in Kenilworth, was baptised in St. Nicholas in 1962 and was a member
of the choir from 1970 to 1978 when Frank Bull was Vicar and Trevor Wragg
the organist and choir master. I was also a server for a while.
I have a number of relatives laid to rest in the churchyard and will visit
the church next time I am in the area.
It will always
have a special place in my memories - many happy times were spent there
singing in the choir.
If anyone
remembers me I would love to hear from you -
andreww3362@yahoo.co.uk
I wish the Rev. Awre and all the church members every success for the
future.
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Name: |
Richard Awre |
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Location: |
Kenilworth |
Date: |
13 June 2005 |
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Comment: Brilliant
coverage of the open air service. Congratulations and many thanks.
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Name: |
Michael & Ellen
Dawson |
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Location: |
Grimsargh Preston |
Date: |
5 June 2005 |
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Comment: Hi
Richard, family and Kenilworth. Just a quick note to say hello.
We are here with Andrew & Anne Hicks, who have just pointed out to us that
you have a web site. What a wonderful website it is. We shall
hopefully try & make future use of it. I think it is a super idea
and that we here at Longridge St. Lawrence with St. Pauls should perhaps
have one. We have actually just come from our annual 'Civic Sunday'
Service. The new Mayor is Councillor Alan Smith. Hope you and
the parish are all well as you begin to head into the lead up to the
summer holidays. All our love & thoughts as always are with you.
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Name: |
David S Hedges |
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Location: |
Holland Michigan US |
Date: |
6 May 2005 |
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Comment: Recently
our family returned to St Nicholas for worship. We were tremendously
blessed to have been able to be with all of you. I must tell you that
seeing everyone after a 5 year absence was thrilling. Speaking with
Michael I told him this must be what heaven will be like..."seeing those
that we have been apart from." How exciting to know that as Christians we
are all brothers in Christ and part of His Family. Blessings to all of
you.
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Name: |
Ken Day |
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Location: |
Australia |
Date: |
15 April 2005 |
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Comment: Greetings
from Terrigal Uniting Church, about 2 hours north of Sydney, Australia.
The Uniting Church in Australia is the Congregational, Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches who formed one denomination about 25 years ago.
Now the 3rd largest church in Australia.
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Name: |
Rebecca Awre |
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Location: |
Wroughton |
Date: |
9 February 2005 |
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Comment: I think
the website was really well laid out and easy to use.
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Name: |
Mabel Awre
(Richard's Mother) |
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Location: |
Burnham-on-Sea |
Date: |
9 January 2005 |
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Comment: Whilst
visiting Christopher and Elisabeth I have so enjoyed looking at this
website it is just amazing well done!
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Name: |
Sue Taylor |
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Location: |
Reading, Berkshire |
Date: |
28 December 2004 |
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Comment: What an
excellent website! It brought back happy memories. I was married at
St. Nicholas in 1966 and 2 of our 4 children were christened there.
I was a member of the youth group and helped with Junior Church. My
Mum, Rene Higgs made the Mothers' Union banner and the Sunday School
banner, helped with the flowers and ran a choir and my Dad was a sidesman.
It was good to see (from Rosemary's entry in the visitor book) that Vera
Jaye still attends St. Nicholas. She was a good friend of my
parents. Best wishes to everyone.
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Name: |
Andrew Peter Hicks |
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Location: |
Longridge |
Date: |
20 December 2004 |
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Comment: Wishing
you Peace as we celebrate Christ's birth here in Longridge, as you do
there. All the best for 2005.
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Name: |
Angela
Silverwood |
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Location: |
Woodstock Oxford |
Date: |
27 September 2004 |
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Comment: Looking
for directions to attend a funeral. A fantastic website, with everything
anybody will ever need to know. Well done.
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Name: |
Colette Benson |
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Location: |
Southport Merseyside |
Date: |
24 August 2004 |
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Comment: I would
like to sign this visitors book as my Grt Grt Grandparents Thomas Edwin &
Ann Pratt lived in Kenilworth 1890's -1910 they are both buried in your
churchyard.
I believe their son my Grt Uncle Joseph Pratt who died in WW1 at Flanders
is mentioned on your war memorial as you enter the church.
I have visited once 2003 and felt at home in Kenilworth and I am looking
forward to revisiting.
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Name: |
Rick Christensen |
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Location: |
Waltham,
Massachusetts |
Date: |
16 July 2004 |
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Comment: What a
wonderful page. I got here via the castle link and was very impressed.
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Name: |
Cheryl Welch |
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Location: |
Madison, Mississippi, USA |
Date: |
18 May 2004 |
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Comment: I enjoyed
looking at your flower guild page and pictures. It was beautiful!
Your flower guild members are doing beautiful, creative work!! I
would like to see pictures of what you have in the church weekly. I am
always looking for inspiration for the flower guild at our church, Chapel
of the Cross, in Madison, MS. (www.chapelofthecrossms.org)
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Name: |
Dr. Andrew P. Hicks |
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Location: |
Longridge, Lancashire |
Date: |
18 May 2004 |
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Comment: Love and
greetings from Richard's previous church. We keep active in our church.
May pop in this year if in Stratford! Great website.
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Name: |
Mary Priday |
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Location: |
Birmingham |
Date: |
11 April 2004 |
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Comment: A
fantastic website. My parents were married at St Nicholas in 1940 & I was
baptised there in 1948. We love to keep in touch & always come to
see your Easter flowers. If distance wasn't such a problem Mum & I
would come to worship with you occasionally. Glad to see you are
thriving. God Bless.
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Name: |
Richard Awre |
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Location: |
Kenilworth |
Date: |
24 March 2004 |
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Comment: This site
is a superb opportunity for outreach into the community. Let's make
sure we tell other people about it. Richard Awre
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Name: |
Carolyn Larkin |
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Location: |
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Date: |
15 March 2004 |
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Comment: I was
looking for Easter Lily pictures while working on an announcement for our
Flower Committee at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Pewaukee.
You have incredible flowers and it looks like a very active church. Your
website is very easy to use and well designed.
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Name: |
Nick
and Ruth Taylor |
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Location: |
Taunton, Somerset, U.K. |
Date: |
29 January 2004 |
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Comment: Very
impressive website - we'll copy some ideas for ours! any
copyright?!!
Great to have the personal link through our son Patrick. Look
forward to visiting again soon! Best wishes to all, Nick &
Ruth.
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Name: |
Carol Munro |
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Location: |
St Helens, Oregon, USA |
Date: |
8 January 2004 |
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Comment: This
is a great website, very informative and easy to use.
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Name: |
Trish
Cummings |
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Location: |
Nunhead, SE London |
Date: |
21 October
2003 |
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Comment: I love
your website. Hearty congratulations to the webmaster/webmistress
and all the contributors. Very impressive, simple to use and
informative.
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Name: |
Brian Smith |
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Location: |
Orlando, America |
Date: |
10 October
2003 |
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Comment: I
love your church I'm moving to Kenilworth soon so I will come and have a
look in on Sunday.
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Name: |
Jennifer
Siggers |
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Location: |
U.K. |
Date: |
16 July
2003 |
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Comment: What a great website - I finally got round to
having a look today! I found it very easy to navigate and it's
full of really exciting and interesting stuff - a lot of which I
didn't know! The content's also impressively up to date - and
all the links work! It'll be a good way for me to keep in touch
with church life back in Kenilworth.
I especially enjoyed reading the monthly letters from Richard
and Patrick and about the Lima project, and of course looking at
all the fantastic photos.
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Name: |
Rosemary
Brooks |
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Location: |
U.K. |
Date: |
14 July
2003 |
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Comment: We left Kenilworth 32 years ago but my mother
Vera Jaye still lives there and attends St Nicholas regularly.
We were married in St Nicholas and our son Nathan was Baptised
there. We come up there as often as we can my husband more than
myself as he travels round the country with his work. It will be
nice to keep up with the news by this web site. Although
my mother keeps me informed when I ring her each week.
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Name: |
Peter
Riley |
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Location: |
Kenilworth |
Date: |
1 July
2003 |
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Comment: Well done for getting the photographs on the site
so quickly - thoroughly enjoyable week end with the garden party
and open air service.
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Name: |
Sharon
Awre Insley |
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Location: |
Canada |
Date: |
11 June
2003 |
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Comment: What a wonderful website ...I particularly liked
the "fun" link ...so much positive information ...I
first met Fr. Richard when he visited Canada and looked up
our family... meeting him provided us with one of the very few
links with our ancestors that we have ...and thru cyberspace it
is now so much easier to feel connected..
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Name: |
Dave
Smith |
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Location: |
U.K. |
Date: |
7 May 2003 |
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Comment: Brill.
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Name: |
Peter
Riley |
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Location: |
Kenilworth |
Date: |
8 March
2003 |
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Comment: Excellent as ever Steve, well done!
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Name: |
Ian
Rose |
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Location: |
England |
Date: |
2 February
2003 |
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Comment: Excellent website. I must visit more regularly!!!
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Name: |
Dave
Mann |
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Location: |
U.K. |
Date: |
29 January
2003 |
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