In 1605, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators, planned to blow up the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November, with 36 barrels of gunpowder. This would have killed King James and a large number of the aristocracy. The plot was discovered, and Guy Fawkes was convicted of treason and sentenced to death.In Charlton, we celebrated with a huge bonfire and a wonderful firework display. Afterwards we enjoyed hot dogs, mulled wine, local beer, and of course, a raffle, in the recently refurbished Charlton Barn, by kind permission of Megan & Howard Taylor.The evening was ably run by Adrian Bright, with a large team of volunteers, to whom we are very grateful.Same time next year?
Edith, a very broken up 85 year old French dolly paid us a visit in October. She required the skills of three of our amazing helpers to put her back together: an engineer to make the connections, ceramics painter to tidy her up & our dressmaker to protect her modesty with new knickers and a dress. An interesting thing about French dolls is they have adult faces.
A reminder that 16 October is our next recycling collection day for used blister packs.If you have any packs to recycle and keep out of landfill, please take them to the back of the Church, or leave in the porch. If you are able to make a donation of £1 for every 50 or so packs, that will help our partner, SPURT, to cover the cost of the recycling process.Every little helps, as they say!#ecochurch #charltonallsaints #chalkevalleychurch
Autumn is the time to get the compost on the garden beds. All Saints' can help with that!We are delighted to offer our well-rotted compost to anyone who would like some. Bring your own spade and a wheelbarrow, and help yourself.The compost heap is situated at the far end of the Churchyard, in the north-west corner.#freecompost #charltonallsaints #ecochurch #chalkevalleychurch
