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World War I: Response to Call to the Colours

May 26, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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Much cobwebbed, and probably rarely looked at, in the old choir vestry is a list of the men of Fleetwood Congregational Church who went off to war between 1914 and 1919. The citation on the records reads “The names mentioned below are those men who hazarded their lives in the Great War to Maintain the […]

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First World War

DO YOU RECOGNISE THIS ‘COAT OF ARMS’?

May 26, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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A record of those from Fleetwood Congregational Church who went to serve King and country in the First World War has in the bottom what appears to be Fleetwood Urban District’s coat-of-arms. It shows representations of the first (Bury-type?) locomotive of the Preston-Wyre railway above a shield with in the top left corner the arms […]

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First World War memorial, Fleetwood Urban Distriact Council

FRANCIS WAS A SOLDIER OF “THE GREAT WAR”

April 14, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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F rancis belonged to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and like hundreds of other young men, was given some military training, a khaki uniform and a rifle. Then they were sent over the channel to fight the Hun. Francis was put in charge of looking after the horses. Now, Francis was just an uncomplicated, […]

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A True Story of the Great War, Francis Matthews, The Great War, World War I

FLEETWOOD SVP Foodbank

February 26, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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CONTACT NUMBER FOR FLEETWOOD FOODBANK: 01253 779621 OR 01253 878655 Hopefully, by the time you read this the Foodbank will have moved from the Milton Street Community Centre to the former McKee Centre on Poulton Road. (The McKee Centre is more familiar to us ‘oldies’ as Welbeck library, opposite Ribble Road.) The premises will be […]

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Fleetwood FOODBANK, Foodbank, SVP Foodbank

95th Regiment of Foot

January 17, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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In our 175 years our church family has had an interesting characters as members. What you may not know is that way back in the mid-1800s four families had a regimental connection: the 95th Regiment of Foot. Five regiments raised and then disbanded, renumbered or renamed between 1760 and 1818 were given the numeral 95. […]

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95th Regiment of Foot, Fleetwood United Reformed Church History, The Mercians

MY WAR by Private Eddie Holt

January 17, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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It has been said that there are no longer any characters in the town. Not true. There is and here is a recommended read by one of them. Eddie Holt is a familiar face, if only by him ‘shaking’ a collection box at the entrance of a supermarket as he causes us to remember those […]

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Eddie Holt, Fleetwood United Reformed Church, King's Own Royal Regiment, POW Story, Wolrd Warr II

BIBLES FOR CHINA

January 17, 2014 / admin / Uncategorized
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February 2014 BIBLE SOCIETY Last month’s newsletter carried a letter and appeal. Your response has been quite extraordinary. The information on the Bible Society initiative was ‘discovered’ on the porch church table where, if you weren’t looking, you would quite easily have passed it by. Here is a simple way of helping the fast growing […]

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Bibles, China, Fleetwood United Reformed Church

RELIGIOUS POEM COMPETITION

November 26, 2013 / admin / Uncategorized
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(Closing Date: 31st January 2014) Our very talented contributors to our church life are certain to be interested in the following. Don’t be modest. If you feel inspired to enter then do so. All your friends here at Agnew Road will give you every encouragement to do so. United Press is delighted to invite FREE […]

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Religious Poem Competition, United Press Limited

FOOD PREPARATION FOR CHARITIES

November 26, 2013 / admin / Uncategorized
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Here’s a piece of news which will be interest to all our friends in other churches as well as those here at Agnew Road who do a brilliant job in food preparation.. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published community and charity food provision – guidance on the application of EU food hygiene law. It […]

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Association of Church Accountants & Treasurers, Food Preparation for Charities, Food Standards Agency

the fifteen, fifteen and fifteen percent rule

November 26, 2013 / admin / Uncategorized
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A New Year’s resolution! Touch a ‘new face’. Adding to our numbers is easy to say but difficult to achieve. Here’s why and OK, you can argue over the precise percentages: Of every 100 ‘new face’ people who come through our church doors, 15%, that is 15 people out of the 100, are there because […]

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15% Rule, Adding to Numbers, New Faces
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