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Parochial Church Council Meeting
29 November, 1939
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Owing to the War, the proposed local Missionary Exhibition, Religion and Life Week and the visit of the overseas Bishops had been cancelled. The Chapel had successfully been “blacked out” to enable the daily Eucharist to be held. The National Day of Prayer was observed on the first Sunday in October. He Harvest Festival was postponed until the following week. The time of Evensong had been brought forward to 3pm, but the attendance had diminished considerably. As an experiment an additional evensong in the Church Hall at 6.30pm had been held on the past two Sundays, as it was felt that if there was sufficient demand, some provision should be made for those who were unable to attend in the afternoon.
An estimate for the “blacking out” of the Church had been tended for £25, but this would involve the permanent blacking out of the clerestory and windows and necessitate the use of curtains elsewhere. The Council considered that the adoption of this resume would spoil the beauty of the Church and that present demands would not justify the expense.
The building of a new vicarage was impossible during the war, and the grants formally given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which had now been suspended might not be resumed immediately afterwards.