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MAY 2015
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A call to Langley residents - opportunities to
show your civic responsibility!
This month Langley residents have the opportunity to demonstrate their
civic responsibility. On 7th May they can vote both for their representative in
Parliament and Langley’s councillors on Slough Borough Council (or if they
live north of the Canal for South Bucks Council). This edition of Around
Langley gives details of those standing for election and the parties whom
they represent. This year, when the nation remembers the sealing of Magna
Carta 800 years ago as the foundation of our civil liberties and since then
the struggle to obtain universal adult suffrage, it seems only appropriate that
everyone should exercise that hard-won right and vote.
Yet exercising civic responsibility goes further than voting for a MP once
every five years. In this edition of Around Langley we give advice on how to
respond to anti-social behaviour by reporting to the Council and the Police,
but also by participating in a litter picking exercise. We also explain how you
can assist your fellow citizens by becoming a Citizen’s Advice volunteer.
Since it first appeared three years ago Around Langley has raised a number
of issues concerned with improving the quality of life of Langley residents.
This month we outline the Borough Council’s Planning Policy and its
Enforcement. As part of that planning policy we also list the listed buildings
dating from Langley’s historic past.
What can you do to improve the quality of life of yourself and your
neighbours? We would love to hear your suggestions.
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News from Around Langley
Election Day 7th May 2015
Langley St Mary’s Ward
This year a General Election takes place on
Thursday 7th May. Everyone who is eligible to
vote should have received a card telling them
where they should go to vote.
John George Barrow
Amarpreet
Singh Dhaliwal
Gary James Griffin
Candidates for the Slough Constituency (in
alphabetical order) and their party affiliations
are as follows:
Diana Coad
Julian Edmonds
Shabnum Sadiq
Green
Fiona Mactaggart
Labour
Tom McCann
Liberal
Gurcharan Singh
Neil Hodgson
UKIP
On 7th May there will also be an election for a
councillor for three of the four Langley
wards: Kedermister, Langley St Mary’s and
Upton. There will be no election this year for
a Borough Councillor for Foxborough Ward.
However electors living in Foxborough Ward
may of course vote in the General Election.
The candidates for those wards where there
will be an election for Councillors to serve on
Slough Borough Council are as follows:
Bharat Bhushan Mittal
Mandip Kaur Rana
Mohammad Shamim
Malik
Liberal
Democrat
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Liberal
Democrat
UKIP
Labour
Rayman Bains
Conservative
Asif Jamshaid
UKIP
Hardip Singh Sahota
Labour
Of the Councillors elected in 2014, the one
elected for Foxborough ward and the top
two for Kedermister, Langley St Mary’s and
Upton wards will continue in office for the
coming year alongside those elected on 7th
May.
For those Langley residents who live north of
the canal in the Beaconsfield constituency,
the General Election candidates are:
Peter Chapman
Josephine Mary Hanney
Conservative
Upton Ward
Conservative
Kedermister Ward
English
Democrats
Tony Clements
Liberal
Democrat
Labour
Dominic Grieve
Conservative
Dave Hampton
Green
Tim Scott
UKIP
Elections will also be held for a councillor for
Wexham and Fulmer Ward for South Bucks
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people of Langley which may be a subject for
a future Forum meeting.
District Council. The candidates are:
Malcolm James Bradford
Susan Ann Fagan
Conservative
Do you have a comment to make
about Wexham Park Hospital?
UKIP
There will also be an election for members of
Wexham Parish Council, including two
members to be elected from the Orchards
ward and five from the George Green and
Middle Green ward.
Around Langley urges Langley residents to use
their votes in both the General Election and
local elections, but passes no opinion on
which candidates you should vote for.
We shall include a full list of the Councillors
representing Langley wards in our next
edition.
Langley
Neighbourhood
Forum AGM
Langley
Neighbourhood
Forum’s Annual General Meeting takes place
on Tuesday 23rd June. Members of the Forum,
who have paid the £1 membership fee are
invited to propose nominations for officers
and committee members in advance of the
AGM by sending details to the Secretary at
[email protected].
Ms Sharon O’Reilly of 49 Gosling Road is one
of Slough’s volunteer Public Governors of the
Frimley Health NHS trust. She would be
happy to take up issues which you would like
her to raise.
Langley Neighbourhood
Forum organises a
“Litter Pick” in Langley
As you walk around Langley you will see all
sorts of rubbish, such as drink cans, cigarette
butts and paper bags, dropped along the side
of the roads and footpaths
All this rubbish makes Langley look untidy.
Langley Neighbourhood Forum is organising a
“Litter Pick” on Saturday 2nd May – maybe the
first of several. Everyone is welcome to join in,
whether or not they are members of the
Forum. Depending on the number of people
willing to come and pick up litter, it is
suggested that the litter picking should start
in areas such as the Memorial Park, the Green
Drive Pathway and Halkingcroft Woods.
Slough Borough Council will provide litter
pickers, bags, gloves, etc. for the collection of
the litter and will arrange for picking up the
full bags. Please come along and help.
A representative of Frimley Health NHS
Foundation Trust has been invited to speak at
the Forum immediately following the AGM
about developments at Wexham Park
Hospital since Frimley took on responsibility
for Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals.
Further details next month.
Separately the Friends of Slough Canal
organise a litter pick up along the canal on the
first Sunday of each month. They also
sowed seeds along the canal bank to make it
look better. If you wish to assist please
contact
[email protected].
More helping hands are always welcome.
Langley Neighbourhood Forum would
welcome suggestions as to how we all, as
members of the Langley community, can
improve the quality of life of ourselves and our
neighbours. The forum would also welcome
suggestions about topics of interest to the
However, it would be so much better if
Langley people did not drop litter or leave
rubbish behind. Please be an example to
others by not dropping litter or by picking up
litter that others have dropped so that we can
be proud of our Langley environment
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Langley St Mary’s
Neighbourhood Action Group
The next meeting of the Langley St Mary’s
Neighbourhood Action Group will take place
on 11th May. If you live in Langley St Mary’s
Ward, please contact the Secretary of the
group
at
[email protected]
if you want a problem raised with Slough
Borough Council or Thames Valley Police.
Slough Children and Young
People’s Information Service
The Slough Children and Young People’s
Information Service offers free impartial
information and guidance about a range of
local services for children, young people and
their families.
Their information line is available on Monday
to Friday between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm on
01753 476589.
 They provide information on:
application form for you and search for a job
and prepare for an interview. They can also
help you to manage your money or arrange
childcare for your child while you are training
or at work. They provide help and advice
designed especially for your situation.
The centre is open from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
on Monday to Friday or you can phone them
on 01753 540797.
Become a Citizen’s Advice
Volunteer
Citizens Advice Slough invites you to become
a volunteer. They can offer a friendly and
supportive environment, comprehensive
training and roles that are both challenging
and rewarding.
They are holding a Volunteer Information
Session on Tuesday 12th May from 10.00 am
to-12.30 pm. For more information call 01753
219 162 and ask for Barbara, or email
[email protected].
Planning Enforcement
 Childcare for children aged up to 13
 Sure Start Children’s Centres and family
services
 Schools and school-based family services
 Leisure activities and clubs for children
and young people up to age 19
 Activities and services for children and
young people with special needs
 Agencies providing support and advice for
families with children and young people
 Financial help with childcare costs
 Careers and training in childcare
 Setting up childcare provision in Slough
Slough's planning enforcement team
investigate alleged breaches of planning
control as well as the display of unauthorised
advertisements and unauthorised works to
protected trees and listed buildings. They also
investigate breaches of the council's planning
policy in Slough's conservation areas and the
green belt.
A breach of planning control could be where
somebody develops a site without the
planning permission they need or where they
are not meeting the terms or conditions of an
approved planning permission. Breaches of
control can include:
 building, engineering works or the change
Romsey Close Children’s Centre
can help you
of use, without planning permission
The Children’s Centre at Romsey Close can
help you as a parent to find work or progress
to a better job. They can help you to recognise
the skills you already have, to find training,
increase your confidence, complete a CV and
 development not in accordance with the
approved drawings on the planning
permission
 unauthorised works to a listed building
 unauthorised advertisements
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 unauthorised works to a tree which is
protected by a tree preservation order or is
in a conservation area
 unauthorised demolition of a building
within a conservation area
 land which has become so untidy that it
harms the amenity of the surrounding
area.
 Breaches of planning control are not
criminal offences, except the following
which are criminal offences:
 unauthorised works to listed buildings
 display of unauthorised advertisements
 to carry out unauthorised works to
protected trees
Listed Buildings in Langley
St Mary’s Church is the only Grade 1 listed
building in Langley. However there are a
number of Grade 2 listed buildings. These
include the Harrow, the West Block and
Chapel at St Bernard’s Convent, the Red Lion,
the old and new almshouses (even numbers 4
– 18 on St Mary’s Road), the Chest tomb, Ive
tomb, Houblone tomb, Seymour tomb and
Webb tomb in St Mary’s Churchyard, Langley
Hall and walls around it, Tithe Court and
milestones on London Road.
St Mary’s Church Conservation Area extends
from the Chestnuts to Langley Road and
covers St Mary’s Church and its Churchyard,
the Red Lion, the original old and new
almshouses and houses in Padstow Close.
Open Days at St Mary’s and the
Kedermister Library
The south chapel was built in the 1630’s to
provide a private pew for the Kedermister
family. The Kedermister Library was given in
1623 and housed in the current building in
1631 when Sir John Kedermister’s will
allocated a number of additional books for the
benefit of “Ministers of the said town of
Langley and such other of the County of
Buckingham as resort thereto”.
The original vellum catalogue dated 1638 still
hangs there. The heraldic overmantle to the
fire place provides a focus for the sumptuous
painting of the room, which is lined with
bookshelves, with doors to each cupboard
decorated inside and out. Most volumes are
theological works in Latin, printed in the late
16th or early 17th century.
St Mary’s Church and the Kedermister Library
will be open between 2.30 and 5.00 pm on
Sunday 3rd May and then on each first
Sunday in the month until September. If you
have not visited it, do come along to see
Langley’s historical heritage.
Slough Local Development
Framework
The Core Strategy of Slough’s Local
Development Framework for the period until
2026 provides that development will not be
permitted unless it:
 Enhances and protects the historic
environment;
 Respects the character and distinctiveness
of existing buildings, townscapes and
landscapes and their local designations;
 Protects
In his book on Buckinghamshire in his series
on the Buildings of England Professor
Nikolaus Pevsner described St Mary’s Church
as “One of the most rewarding churches in
Buckinghamshire, a great surprise in the
immediate neighbourhood of Slough.” (He
wrote this before Slough was transferred to
Berkshire.) Simon Jenkins in his book
England’s Thousand Best Churches describes St
Mary’s as “The Jewel of Slough”.
and enhances the
environment and its margins;
water
 Enhances and preserves natural habitats
and the biodiversity of the Borough,
including corridors between biodiversity
rich features.
Development will only be allowed where there
is sufficient existing, planned or committed
infrastructure. All new infrastructure must be
sustainable. Where existing infrastructure is
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insufficient to serve the needs of new
development, the developer will be required
to supply all reasonable and necessary onsite
and
off-site
infrastructure
improvements. These improvements must
be completed prior to the occupation of a
new development and should serve both
individual
and
communal
needs.
Infrastructure includes:
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and calls
received on the anti-social behaviour hotline
and details are used to identify areas where
problems occur repeatedly, so that longterm solutions can be found. The Council
points out that they do not have resources to
be able to attend incidents. Should you need
someone to attend an incident, please
contact Thames Valley Police on 101.
 Utilities (water, sewerage and drainage);
 Health;
Serious incidents of anti-social behaviour where you fear for your own or another
person's safety, as well as criminal activity
should be reported to Thames Valley Police
on 101. In an emergency dial 999.
 Leisure, community and cultural services;
Prevention of Park Dog Fouling
 Transportation;
 Education and skills;
and
 Other relevant services.
The provision of reasonable and necessary
infrastructure will be secured through
planning obligations or by conditions
attached to planning permissions.
Development of BT Site
The whole Council will be asked to consider
the application for housing development on
the BT site off Langley Road opposite
Spencer Road. Their decision may determine
the conditions under which the application
may be approved.
Petition for a new GP Surgery in
Langley
The New Langley Community Association
has drawn up a petition to Slough Borough
Council requesting the inclusion of a GP’s
surgery as part of the redevelopment of the
Merrymakers site at the junction of
Trelawney Avenue and Meadow Road.
Reporting Anti Social Behaviour
You can report anti-social behaviour through
Slough Borough Council's anti-social
behaviour hotline on 01753 875298 which is
open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
They will log all emails (www.slough.gov.uk/
crime-prevention-and-emergencies/report-
A project to stop dog fouling of the Memorial
Park, Maplin Park and Springate Field is
being set up. To get the project started the
Dogs Trust is donating bags for dispensers.
Art work and posters designed by students at
Baylis Court School will, with the permission
of the school, be placed in the parks, with the
dispensers being located near the gates of
the three parks.
Street Lamps to be Replaced
The Government has provided £6.2m to
Slough Borough Council to replace all 11,300
of Slough’s streetlamps with new, energy
efficient LED lamps. So by 2018 the current
orange lights will be gone and the streets
lined with white LEDs - which light things
better, save energy, need less maintenance
and are kinder to the environment. All the
old concrete lamp posts and some steel ones
will also be replaced.
Concert and Plant Sale in aid of
Save the Children
There will be a concert in aid of Save the
Children on Saturday 9th May at 7.30pm at
St Mary's Church with The Curve Choir, the
Berkshire Recorder Consort and Liam
Condon on Keyboard For tickets please
contact Liz Jones on 01753 525643. Tickets
cost £10.
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There will also be a plant sale for Save the
Children on 16th May from 2.00 – 4.00 pm at
40 Sutton Avenue. Please come along to buy
plants for your garden.
Summer Fun Day at East
Berkshire College
 Health & Care – Health & wellness sessions
 Foundation Learning – Sugar crafts and
orangery display
 British Sign Language – Nursery rhymes in
sign
East Berkshire College is holding a Summer
Fun Day at its Langley Campus on Saturday
9th May between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm. The
event, which is free, is designed to bring the
community together and will feature an array
of market stalls, games and activities.
Activities will take place both inside and
outside the college so you can enjoy the fun
whether it is wet or dry. You don’t need to
book in advance, simply drop in at any time
between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm. If you are
bringing young children, the College has baby
changing facilities and bottle warming
facilities available.
Among the activities are face painting for kids,
hair blow drying and creative plaiting and free
nail art and painting, massages and mini
treatments The College is holding its very own
Farmers Market with products and gifts,
flowers and treats, all locally sourced or
produced.
You will also be able to check out some of East
Berkshire College’s activities and displays,
which you will be able to find located in and
around the College. These include:
 Art & Design – Monte-Carlo or Bust banger
charity rally car spray
 Languages – Mandarin script writing
 Sport- Cross bar and accuracy football
challenge
Lakeside Fair at Black Park
Black Park is holding its first ever Lakeside Fair
on Wednesday 27th May from 12.00 noon to
4.00 pm. Entry is free and no booking is
required, but individual activities may charge.
These include fairground rides, circus
workshops, magic shows, crazy golf, a petting
farm and face painting. There will also be live
music and family fun close to the café and
adventure playground. Children under 12 must
be accompanied by an adult. For more
information call 01753 511060 or email
[email protected].
Duckpond Market at Black Park
A Duckpond Market is held at Black Park from
10.00 am to 4.00 pm every last Sunday in the
month from February to November. The May
market will be on 31st May. You can buy
locally made arts and crafts, vintage items,
home wares and clothing. There is a choice of
locally made food to eat either on the spot or
to take home. There is no need to book. Just
turn up on the day. Entry is free but the car
parking charge of £3.50 for the day still
applies.
 Business – Business game of life
 Visual Merchandising – Flower crafting and
mannequin display
Health Promotion
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Regular Weekly Service Times
St Mary’s (St Mary’s Road)
Sunday
8.00 am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer).
Third Sunday
9.30 am Family Worship
Sunday
Sunday
11.00 am Family Communion (& Sunday Club for children)
6.30 pm Evening Prayer (Usually a said service)
Holy Family (Roman Catholic) (Trelawney Avenue)
Sunday
9.30 am 11.15 am & 6.30 pm Mass
Monday & Tues
9.30 am Mass
Wed - Fri
9.30 am Service of Word and Communion
Friday
9.30am Mass
Saturday
5.30 pm Mass
Langley Free Church (Baptist) (Trelawney Ave)
Sunday
10.30 am Morning Worship. (Family Service on 1st Sunday of
the month)
St Francis of Assisi (London Road)
Sunday
9.30 am Holy Communion (Except 4th Sunday of the month).
Fourth Sunday
11.00 am All Age Worship
Wednesday
10.00 am Holy Communion
Christ the Worker (Parlaunt Road)
1st & 3rd Sunday
2nd, 4th & 5th
11.00 am Morning Worship
9.30 am Holy Communion
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Regular Church Activities
St Mary’s
Sunday
11.00 am
Monday
9.30 am
Jellibeans - Parents and Toddlers Group
Wednesday
2.00 pm
Toddlers’ Service
1st Monday
2.00 pm
Mothers’ Union
4th Friday
7.45 pm
SMS club for school year 4 and above
House Groups
Sunday Club and Crèche in St Mary’s Centre
Sunday & Wednesday evening & Tuesday afternoon
Holy Family Catholic Church
Tuesday
9.30 am
Parent & Toddler Group
Alternate Thursdays
2.00 pm
Union of Catholic Mothers
Evenings
Holy Family Parish Club
Langley Free Church (Baptist)
Sunday
11.15 am
Sunday School ages 3 – 11
Monday
6.30 pm
Boys Brigade for ages 8-11
Tuesday
7.30 pm
Youth Club
Wednesday
9.00 am
Toddler Group
Wednesday
2.00 pm
Oasis – fellowship time with various speakers
Thursday
10.00 am
Bible Study
Thursday
3.15 pm
J Team – ages 4 - 11
Thursday
7.45 pm
Bible Study
3rd Saturday
2.00 pm
Craft Afternoon
Friday
9.45 am
Mums and Tots (subject to waiting list. Call 01753 557150)
3rd Thursday
1.30 pm
“Refresh” for a chat, talk cakes and songs
First Monday
1.00 pm
Prayer Lunch
Alternate Tuesdays
2.00 pm
Needles & a Yarn
St Francis of Assisi
Christ the Worker
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Pentecost – What’s it all
about?
Spiritual Insights
‘Pentecost’ is one of those strange religious
words that can be rather baffling for those
looking in from the ‘outside’. Call it ‘Whitsun’
and an older generation might have more
idea what it is about. We used to have a
Whitsun Bank Holiday, but that has been
replaced by the two Mondays, at the
beginning and end of May, and the
connection with a Christian religious festival
has been lost.
As explained in the February edition of
Around Langley, the date of Easter varies with
the phases of the moon, and therefore so
does Whitsun or Pentecost, which falls
exactly 7 weeks after Easter, or 50 days from
the Passover Sabbath that precedes Easter;
‘Pentecost’ comes from the Greek word for
‘fiftieth day’.
After Jesus was raised from the dead on the
first Easter Day, he continued to appear to
his disciples for 40 days, until he ascended
into heaven – an event marked by Ascension
Day services in many churches (this year on
Thursday 14th May). He told the disciples to
wait in Jerusalem to receive the promised gift
of the Holy Spirit. That moment came 10
days later, when Jerusalem was full of
pilgrims from all around the Eastern
Mediterranean, for the festival of ‘first fruits’
marking the first harvest of the year.
As the disciples waited and prayed together,
they heard a sound, like a wind rushing into
the room, and saw something like tongues of
flame, that settled on each of them. These
were signs that the Holy Spirit had come to
fill them, to enable them tell the world the
Good News about Jesus. And that’s what
they did, beginning with Peter’s first sermon,
which led to 3000 people becoming believers
that day. You can read the full story in the
Bible, in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2.
Ever since then Christians have celebrated
Pentecost as the ‘birthday’ of the church, and
as a day to receive for ourselves the Holy
Spirit, the inward presence of God, that
enables us to live as followers of Jesus and to
make him known in the world around us.
Why not join us at one of our services on 24th
May, and find out more?
Rev Robin Grayson
Christ the Worker Church
Parlaunt Road
Langley
50th Anniversary
7th June 2015
Christ the Worker Church will celebrate their
50th year of worship within the community
on Sunday 7th June at 11.00 am. They would
like to invite all past members of the
congregation to this service, or, if you know
of anyone who would like to attend, please
contact [email protected] by 15th May for
more information.
New Preachers Commissioned
for Langley Churches
A group from the congregations of St Mary’s,
St Francis and Christ the Worker Churches,
together with members from other churches
in the Burnham and Slough Deanery, were
commissioned by the Bishop of Buckingham
at a service at Christ the Worker Church on
18th March and authorised by the Bishop to
preach at churches in the deanery.
The group, which included Andrew Grey, Jess
Horsfall and Anna Thomas-Betts from St
Mary’s, David Raynor from St Francis and
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Maureen Bush, Cindy Dinsmore and Lynne
Harris from Christ the Worker, had all
attended a training course over a number of
evenings, preached a sermon in both their
own and another church and written an essay
on a given topic. At the service each received
from the Bishop a certificate of authorisation
and a book voucher.
The steps to the altar at Holy Family Church
were decorated on Good Friday (see below)
with a number of items that are associated
with the events of Jesus’ passion and
crucifixion.
The Bishop of Buckingham (Rt Rev Alan
Wilson), Rev Robin Grayson and Langley’s new
preachers.
Good Friday Walk of Witness
On Good Friday members of the
congregations of Langley’s five churches took
part in a walk of witness to remember the
crucifixion of Jesus. The walk started at Christ
the Worker Church on Parlaunt Road, went via
Langley Free Church to end at Holy Family
Church with stops on the way at the Harrow
Market and Trelawney Avenue shops.
Harvest is coming to Langley
It may seem rather early to be thinking about
it, but this year the churches in Langley are
planning something special for Harvest – an
open-air celebration for all the community.
Harvest is celebrated by people of all faiths
and none, and all around the world. It is a time
to be thankful for all the good things we
enjoy, and to recognise our responsibility
towards those who do not have enough,
whether here in our own town, or in the wider
world.
So we would like to invite you to join us on
Saturday 19th September, from 12 noon to 3
pm, in Langley Memorial Park, for fun and
celebration, but also for some thoughtprovoking input.
Some of the people at Harrow Market on the
Walk of Witness
Charities such as Slough Foodbank, Christian
Aid and Christian Concern for One World will
be talking to us about food issues, both
people who need support on our own
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doorstep, and questions of food security, fair
trade and trade justice on the global scene.
We are also asking local schools to participate
by presenting harvest-themed songs and
artwork.
On 12th May Tracey North of the Marie Curie
Cancer Care Support Organization will give
a talk between 10.30 and 11.00 am about the
work they do in the community supporting
the terminally ill..
There will be a variety of stalls, a bouncy
castle, refreshments, live music – all we need
is for the people of Langley to come along
and join in. So please put the date in your
diary, and look out for more information in
future editions of Around Langley.
Why not come along, make new friends or
volunteer your help? All are welcome.
If you are involved with a business in Langley
and would like to sponsor this event by
making a financial contribution, please
contact me on 01753 542068, or via
[email protected]. The names of
our sponsors will appear in the programme
for the event.
Rev Robin Grayson
Needles and a Yarn group at
Christ the Worker
The Needles and a Yarn Group meets at
Christ the Worker Hall in Parlaunt Road from
2.00 – 4.00 pm on alternate Tuesday
afternoons. The next meetings are on 12th
and 26th May. The knitting and crocheting
group make things for many different
charities. Please come along.
Ducklings made at
Needles and a
Yarn for children
cared for by the
Alexander Devine
Children’s Hospice
Joint Services for Ascension Day
and Pentecost
Langley’s three Church of England
congregations will join together this month
to celebrate two of the major festivals of the
Christian year.
On Ascension Day (Thursday 14th May),
when Christians celebrate Jesus’ ascension to
heaven, the congregations of St Mary’s, St
Francis and Christ the Worker will join
together at 8.00 pm at St Francis Church for
an Ascension Day celebration.
Sunday Services at 10.30 am in
May at Langley Free Church
3rd May
All Age Service – making Choices
3rd May
4.00 pm
th
10 May
Rev David Clarkson – Continuing
with the beginning
10th May
4.00 pm Messy Church
17th May
Sunday School Anniversary
th
On Pentecost Sunday (24 May), when
Christians celebrate the coming of the Holy
Spirit, the three congregations will meet
together at 11.00 am at Christ the Worker
Church. There will also be a Eucharist service
at 8.00 am at St Mary’s Church.
th
Rev David Clarkson
st
Rev David Clarkson
24 May
31 May
Langley Community Coffee
Shop
st
1 June
Langley Community Coffee shop meets at
Langley Library every Tuesday morning
between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon.
Prayer time
All Age Service – in the steps of St
Mark
St Mary’s Church Barbecue
St Mary’s Church is holding a barbecue at St
Mary’s Vicarage at 12.30 pm on Sunday 17th
May. Tickets cost £5 for adults, £3 for children
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or £12 for a family. There will be burgers,
chicken legs, sausages, salad, pudding and
soft drinks. Tickets may be obtained at St
Mary's, St Francis and Christ the Worker
Churches or by contacting 01753 542068.
Refresh at St Francis Church
Refresh meets at St Francis Church every 3rd
Thursday of the month between 1.30 and 3.00
pm for tea, cakes and a chat with an
interesting speaker. The May meeting will be
on 21st May. Everyone is welcome.
OASIS at Langley Free Church
Wednesday afternoons 2.00pm
6th May
Speaker Rev David Clarkson
13th May
Tea & Sharing
20th May
Speaker: Rev Bruce Russell
LANGLEY COMMUNITY
COFFEE SHOP
at Langley Library
Trelawney Avenue
Meets at about 10.00am
every Tuesday
We are looking for fresh
volunteers!
Please come along if you can help
and meet the team.
th
27 May Speaker: Petra (London City
Mission)
3rd June
Speaker: Rev Nick Lowe
WHEN Sunday 10th May
4 – 6 pm
WHERE Langley Free Church
100 Trelawney Avenue
WHAT
Fun crafts, story, celebration and light meal
WHO
Everyone invited – young and old and everything in between!
Come as friends, families or partners or on your own.
All are welcome. If you are a child, please bring an adult.
Suggested donation £1 adults & 50p per child. Max £3 per family.
Further information from [email protected]
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PROBUS Club of
Langley & Iver
A Club for retired
PROfessional & BUSiness
Ladies & Gentlemen
Luncheons are normally held on the last Tuesday of each month at
Richings Park Sports Club, usually followed by a speaker on a variety of subjects
Annual Membership £10
Lunch £11
Very reasonable licensed bar
Secretary: Adrian Siddall
Tel: 01753 653571
President: John Rees
Tel: 01753 772800
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Parish Directory
St Mary’s Church
www.langleymarish.com/stmary
Open Tuesdays from 7.00 – 7.45 pm for enquiries about baptisms, weddings, etc.
Rev Robin Grayson: 01753 542068 [email protected]
Hall Lettings: Mr Graham Jones 07802 784024 [email protected]
St Francis Church
www.langleymarish.com/stfrancis
Rev Bruce Russell 01753 557150 [email protected]
Hall Hire: Mrs Joy Raynor 01753 676011 [email protected]
Licensed Lay Minister: Mr Bill Birmingham 01753 548646 [email protected]
Christ the Worker Church
www.langleymarish.com/c-t-w/
Rev Colin Hartley 01753 596722 [email protected]
Hall Hire: Ashleigh 01753-596981 after 6pm
Parish Administrator: Mrs Dalletta Reed 01753 541042 [email protected]
Holy Family Catholic Church
www.holyfamily.co.uk
Canon Kevin O’Driscoll 01753 543770 [email protected]
Parish Worker: Mr Kieran McKeown 01753 595611 [email protected]
Hall Hire: Mr Kieran McKeown (as above)
Holy Family Parish Club: Mrs. Moira Dawkins [email protected]
Langley Free Church
www.langleyfreechurch.org.uk
Rev David Clarkson 01753 593459 [email protected]
Hall Hire: 01753 540771 [email protected]
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