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| St. James's Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ (Parish Office 020 8941 6003) | |
| THE HISTORY OF St. JAMES'S CHURCH | |
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Contents: The History of St. James's
Church | 'Birth and Growth of Hampton
Hill' | Church Records | Churchyard
Records | Past Events at St. James's |
People of St. James's | Spire
Magazine Archives | Through
the Years |
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Past Events in the 2000s:
Festival Weekend & Official Launch of 'Opening Our Doors' - 2002 July
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The
Official Launch of the Project to Develop the West Porch |
The outline drawings are shown
in detail below, however in brief, the plans will involve the redevelopment
of the West Porch to create a wonderful new space within which will
be an office for the church and community use, a quiet room for private
discussion and counselling and a toilet with disabled access and baby
changing facilities. Even more exciting is the design of the new porch.
The roof will be glazed, as will the doors, and this will let much
needed light resonate into the church, as well as allowing a direct
view from St. James’s Road, down the length of the church. |
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| North Elevation |
West Elevation |
| We will be launching the project
at our Grand Family B.B.Q. on 7th July 2002, and there we will announce
our plans of how we aim to raise enough support, sponsorship and
external funding over the next six months to allow us to begin building
work early in 2003. Our aim is then to “OPEN OUR NEW DOORS”
on St. James’s Day 2003 - What a challenge! |
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"Our
Patronal Festival this year marked the official launch of our fund-raising
campaign for "Opening Our Doors. The
idea was introduced at the Spire Open Day in June, and then a Festival
Weekend was organised in July, not only to celebrate our Saint’s
day, but also to launch officially the project. The weekend was a
splendid occasion, with something for everyone. |
Our organist, Christopher Cromar, started the
weekend with a marvellous organ recital on the Friday evening. A member
of the audience complimented Christopher with the words “that
was absolutely stunning”, and indeed it was. On Saturday evening the Apocalypse Singers provided a feast of music and song, as did the church choir and The Travellers Band at Family Communion on Sunday morning. The culmination of the weekend was a Grand Family Barbecue on Sunday evening. About 130 people, across all ages from as young as 4 months, enjoyed fine food and drink, jazz music and fun activities that included a golf putting teaser and a bouncy castle. The youngsters especially enjoyed the chance to throw wet sponges at the unfortunate person in the stocks, including Brian as the first victim! After his drenching, Brian launched the "Opening Our Doors" Appeal. The first donation to be received was from the Brownies (thank you ladies!), and within a few days we had received donations and promises worth well over £6000. A great start!" Source: The Spire Magazine - 2002 August |
Friday 5th July ORGAN RECITAL by Christopher Cromar Celebrating the centenary of composer Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Plus Bach and Mozart With Christopher Hodges singing baritone. |
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| Christopher Cromar |
After the Recital |
Christopher Hodges |
Saturday 6th July CONCERT by The Apocalypse Singers Brahms and Elgar - Part songs, music for clarinet, violin, harp, horns Christopher Hodges (Conductor) Christopher Cromar (Organ) Martin Hinckley (clarinet) Fiona Hodges (violin) Andrea Rowett (harp) |
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| Martin Hinckley |
Fiona Hodges |
Andrea Rowett |
Sunday 7th July (St.
James' Day) PARISH COMMUNION GRAND FAMILY BARBECUE Food and drink, music and dancing, fun and games for all ages |
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It certainly was
a GRAND FAMILY BARBECUE - the food was fantastic! |
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| Eating, drinking and chatting |
Brian with the key for the new door |
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Entertainment for
all |
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A Day in the Life of a Vicar! |
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Entertainment for
the youngsters |
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| Further Information |
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Associated pages on this website: 'Opening Our Doors' | Spire Open Day | St. James' Day Festival |