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Please note that we are currently not publishing the Parish Link because of non-availability of the copy in a machine-readable form. Hopefully we will be able to rectify this situation soon. What you see on this page and in the Link pages from the menu are therefore out-of-date. Each month we publish editorial extracts from the Parish Link, primarily for Widecombe and Leusdon. You will be able to get there from the menu on the left. This page has some general information about the Link together with contact details for the Team Ministry. From the EditorThe Parish Link has a new coverAs a result of a joint project Widecombe and Princetown Primary Schools, are going to provide the Parish Link with a new cover each month. Thankyou to Keiran of Princetown School whose work has to produced this beautiful cover. Next month we look forward to seeing the work of the Widecombe Primary School. How interesting that the words Parish Link are so appropriate for this project. The linking of two schools working, on the same project for the magazine. Children who live in the parishes that are linked!! Who thought of this name for the magazine? How did the Parish Link come about and when? You will find the answer to this at the bottom of this page. Please continue to send in your contributions - readers are interested in your news, recipes and gardening tips etc. The Parish Link aims to be a Church and Community Magazine.Sponsorship, Commercial Advertising and Individual Donations ensure that the Link continues to be provided free of charge throughout the Moorland area. So far this year, Sponsors who have supported the Parish Link are shown here. Please mention The Parish Link to our Advertisers when you use them and that you saw them HERE first. Editor & Advertising From 1st January 2006 all material for the Parish Link should be sent to:
The Parish Link thanks all Sponsors for their valuable support of this Magazine. If you would like to become a Sponsor, please ask the Editor for details.We are most grateful to the following who have sponsored The Parish Link since March 2005:
Next MonthCopy Date for the April edition of the Link will be Wednesday the 15th March. It will be the responsibility of Leusdon and will be available on Sunday 26th February. Printing arrangements have changed, hence the earlier Copy Date. Parish Representatives are as to phone the Editor to arrange collection. Where did the name Parish Link come from? -Rev. John Brown tells us about the history of The Parish Link (its original title)I arrived in Widecombe and Leusdon at Easter 1961, two parishes running very well but different in outlook. There was a gap and the idea of a news-sheet found favour, it was to be free to every household. It was typed on stencils and printed on a hand-driven duplicating machine. In due course Holne, Princetown, Huccaby and Postbridge were included and an electric duplicator was presented by Princetown... The Parish Link has gathered strength and has become a necessity, I’m afraid I’m quite proud of it. After about 44 years it is a contribution by the church to parish life and it helps to binds the six churches together. This is really interesting. Thank you Reverend and Mrs. Brown who have been so helpful in Supplying the answer to this question. Revered Brown tells us that when he arrived at Widecombe there wasn't even a news-sheet. Curiousity raises yet another question:- Was there ever a magazine or news - letter before the Brown family arrived in Widecombe? The next person I asked was Mrs. Bessie French, who has lived in the locality all of her life. Mrs. French recalls, a period of a year or so when there was no publication from the church. Prior to this period there had a magazine called :- The Journal Of St.Pancras and St. John the Baptist. Mrs. French also had a copy of the magazine, date April 1956, which she has kindly loaned to me, in order for me to share it with the readers of the Link. It makes fascinating reading and this month, you will see a reproduction of the cover. On page 28 This is History. All of the Link Parishes have their own history, Please tell the other readers About your Parish History. Thank you very much Mrs. French for valued contribution. Sheila |
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