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Tobie writes …

I woke this morning, and it wascold… a sure sign that we are entering Autumn. The sunshines, at last we have runner beans, the strawberries areblooming (we have a few varieties, earlies, middles, and lates).And the apples are falling… which we can eat if we get to thembefore the dogs.

It is a time for harvest, it is a time to give thanks to God for allwe have, and in these times over this last year for some this willbe hard. When times are hard it is good to look outwards to thebeauty of creation as we pray and give thanks. To look at whereour food comes from.

Jesus uses food cultivation as a metaphor: ‘No good tree bearsbad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for eachtree is known by its own fruit’ (Luke 6). The fruit of the treereveals the quality of its origin. Jesus is reflecting on individualsand the words they speak. Words that are intended to hurt, puff

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up or that lie indicate the motivation of the person that spokethem; words that heal, appreciate or speak truth to powerequally speak of someone’s motivation.

But I also think that what Jesus says can be taken more literally.When we are motivated to produce food well – when weprotect our environment, have due concern for animal welfare,think about nutrition, make careful choices shopping and becareful not to waste our food – it speaks volumes about us.

Our fifth mark of mission as Anglicans is: To strive tosafeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew thelife of the earth.

This is what we can sign up to do as we think about Harvestthis year.

As the leaves fall and the evenings draw in, I pray that yourhomes will be warm and safe, thatyou are able to give thanks to Godfor what is good in your lives andthat you are able to offer to Godthose areas that you are still findinguncomfortable. As we move to theseason of remembrance at the endof October and into November, wedo hope things will be movingtowards what we call normal.

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MADE FOR A PURPOSE

Whenever I listen to one of Jesus’ searching questions to hislisteners I find myself thinking “What would I do in these cir-cumstances?”

If I were casting my nets, and Jesus said “follow me”, would Ido it? I imagine many of us would be hoping that we never haveto find out.

All too often it’s assumed that being called is just about thereligious life to a particular ministry, lay or ordained in the lifeof the Church. Of course, it is about that for some of us, andthank God for that, but in the New Testament, vocation orcalling has a much wider understanding.

St Paul talks to the Corinthians about this more general callwhen he writes “Now there are varieties of gifts but the samespirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; andthere are varieties of working but it is the same God whoinspires them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestationof the Spirit for the common good.

Every one of us is called to use the gift or gifts we’ve beengiven to help build up the body of Christ. That ‘building up’ cannever be confined to what we do on Sunday. Building up isabout using the whole of life, including Monday to Saturday.The very act of working or being at home, school, work, leisureis vocational. Our daily behaviour becomes a sacrament and anoffering.

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The realisation that we are being called comes in many differentways. For some, it’s like a sudden flash of light as came to St.Paul on the Damascus road. But for others, it’s just not thatclear. In my earlier work as a Director of Ordinands andVocation, I listened to many people who described their senseof calling as a feeling of discomfort. “Like having a toothache”someone said – their “yes” a moving towards a sense of peaceand clarity.

Perhaps, as you read this, you know what God is calling you todo. Perhaps you’re still searching. But remember, God hasmade you for a purpose. And God will work that out, but in hisown time, not yours. This month’s Manna* is focused on ourforthcoming Archdeaconry Days which will take place early

next year, February 6 to 12, with thetheme of “God calls… everyone,everywhere”. One thing I canguarantee: if you book in, you won’t bealone and you’ll have a great day.

With my prayers and blessing,

* Manna is the Diocesan magazine. It is currently onlyavailable by free subscription on-line.

Go to - https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/ and typeManna into the search box.

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MUSIC NOTES

Both the Adult Choir and the Choristersare now fully back and relishingworshipping and singing in the buildingagain so much more as a result of the

long period of ‘fasting’ and online contributions from home,singing outside etc. The congregation is also singing heartily inthe building again. Praise the Lord!

As previously mentioned, we are planning to offer a monthlyChoral Evensong, and additionally it has been lovely to be ableto start up live concertsagain. The first of these washeld on Saturday 11September, and it was veryspecial to be able to use ournewly extended and re-furnished Coffee Shop tohave tea and cake inafterwards. A healthynumber came to the concertand stayed on for tea, and it was great to have the buzz ofconversation and fellowship again.

We are aiming to hold teatime concerts on Saturdays (oroccasionally Sundays) approximately once a month. Ourrenovated Father Willis organ will feature prominently, and wewill also have other instrumentalists, singers and groups toenjoy. So far we have bookings as follows:

11am, Saturday 6 November 2021Paul Hale (celebrated organ advisor and writer; EmeritusCathedral Organist & Rector Chori of Southwell Minster). Paulwill also give a talk and presentation at 2.30 pm on the

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renovation of historic Father Willis organs, a significantnumber of which he has been involved with.

3pm, Saturday 22 January 2022John Young (Director of Music at St John’s Church,Wellington).

3pm, Saturday 12 February 2022Matthew Redman (Director of Music at St John’s Church,Glastonbury)

and there are also bookings in the pipeline from the WallscourtBrass Ensemble and the Skylark Wind Quartet, among others.Watch this space!

Let every instrument be tuned for praise!Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!And may God give us faith to sing always:Alleluia!

BELFRY BITS

As life continues to take gentle steps towards normal, visitingother towers has become possible again. We were delighted tobe invited to join St Mary’s Bridgwater’s first 12 bell practice ontheir new bells. The original 8 bells have been cleaned, givennew fittings and rehung as the back 8 of the new twelve. Fournew lighter bells (and a flat 6) were cast at Loughborough tocomplete the ring. Eight of St Mary’s Taunton ringerssupported the first joint practice in Bridgwater and found thebells just as good to ring and listen to as our own bells.

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Last March I wrote about an oldMinute and Report book [1933-1953] given to me in the coffeeshop over a year ago recording theups and downs of belfry life at whatturned out to be St Mary’sBridgwater. The joint practice gavean opportunity to present it back toits proper owner! (Left)In September, a routinemaintenance session on our bells to,among other things, check for ropewear and the tightness of the manybolts, was combined with a

thorough ‘Spring’ clean inside thetower by nine of our ringers. Nowall or floor was spared from thetop floor to underneath the bellsand into the ringing room. Ouryoungest worker (right) emergedlooking like a chimney sweep!

With the Tokyo Olympics now over, I was interested to readabout the origin of bells used to signify final laps. Since the1980 Olympics these bells have been cast by the BlondeauFoundry in the Jura mountains of Switzerland. It is a smallfamily owned foundry that previously produced cow bells andnow makes bells for the tourist industry.

Finally we are all invited to have our say about what the dioceseneeds from a new bishop. Nowadays this can be quite a lengthyprocess and far exceeds that used to appoint St Ambrose as

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MOTHER’S UNION ‘JUST A BITE’Our first meeting since Lockdown took place on the first ofSeptember 2021. What a joy it was to start with a short worshipand sing two hymns before chats over refreshments.We were reminded of Mary Sumner's vision 145 years ago of afellowship of women at a time when society did not place highvalue on the role of women. Mary had a radical plan involvingwomen of all classes working together and supporting eachother in bringing up their children.Although nervous at first, Mary, with the help of her womenfriends (and her husband who spoke on her behalf at the firstmeeting ), went on to campaign to stop young children frombeing sent to buy alcoholic drinks for their parents. Also tochange marriages of girls from 12 to 16 years old.Her personal prayer remains an inspiration and  has  helpedmembers to be more resolved over the years, more recentlyduring the global pandemic when they gave emotional and

Bishop of Milan. Aurelius Ambrosius (c340-397 AD) was aRoman Civil Servant sent by the Emperor Gratian to Milan tosort out innumerable disputes in the Milan Diocese. Hesucceeded brilliantly – in fact too well. The church loved himand the emperor too. Having attended a meeting to ensurethere was no trouble re the appointment of a successor to thedeceased Auxentius as Bishop of Milan, he was alarmed to hearshouts of “Ambrose bishop” and ran away. He was hunteddown, baptised, ordained and, despite having no theologicaltraining, appointed bishop all within a week! He is acclaimed asone of the traditional Doctors of Western Christendom.

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prayerful support as well as crafting PPE and face coverings forfrontline workers.The Mothers’ Union Mission is to show Christian faith by thetransformation of communities worldwide.These days of course many men are becoming members.Members are married, but not always (some of us are divorced,widowed or single).We are mothers but not always (some of us do not havechildren).We are members of the C of E but not always (some of usattend other churches).We are not  limited by our age range.For more information about the MU’s membership contactMadeline Hellier Diocesan President for Bath & Wells Diocese on 07967 961751.You can hear the MU Midday prayer daily on Freephone 0800804 8044.Post pandemic Mary Summer's house in London (the headquarters of the Mothers' Union) is looking for ideas toreimagine the MU. In January 2022 there will be a conference inLondon and members will be invited to share one wish eachabout the MU in the 21st century and beyond.Our next meeting is on Wednesday 6 October at 2.30pm in thecoffee shop. Our speaker will be Rev Louise  Bale. We welcomemembers and non members.

(on behalf of the " Just A Bite" MU group at St MaryMagdalene church Taunton )

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FOODBANK BLOGHopefully, by the time you read this, we should be back tonormal shift patterns, which will be good news for everyonewho works or is a part of the warehouse group. At the momentwe are still packing the food parcels in the mornings onTuesday and Friday and restocking - taking in collections fromsupermarkets plus food dropped off at the warehouse onMonday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The morningopening times we find makes it easier for clients to collect.

If Tobie and the PCC will allow, we can go back to a foodcollection point at the back of the church.

All the summer school boxes have now been completed and itis easier now that clients have to use the e-referral forms insteadof the old red paper form. As we are open every morning, it iseasier to keep account of all food stock and we know whichclients will be visiting the warehouse to collect their foodparcels. The added bonus now is that we have our own vanwhich can deliver to people not able to get to the warehouse orto pick up from the many food outlets that supply to us.

We were all invited for some group training, ready for meetingclients again in a new room opposite the warehouse. This roomoffers plenty of space in which to talk to clients in as safe anenvironment as possible because of the present problems ofcovid 19. Clients will still have to collect their food parcels fromthe front of the warehouse as they have done right from thestart of the pandemic. It will be so good to be back volunteeringand we must thank all those volunteers who have workedtirelessly throughout this time.

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NEW VERGER AT ST MARY’S

We are delighted to announce that Duncan Withers, currentlyHead Verger at Sherborne Abbey, will be joining us in Octoberas we move toward becoming a Minster church.

Duncan writes: “My wife, Linsley and I are very muchlooking forward to moving to Taunton as I arrive in October toserve as your verger and we both become part of the churchfamily. There are exciting times ahead for us all as Covid restric-tions ease and we venture forwards into new times as TauntonMinster. I’m so looking forward to meeting everyone and beingin fellowship with you.”

There will be a fuller introduction of Duncan in next month’s TOGETHER.

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St Mary Magdalene Church, TauntonOur aim - To know Christ better and make Christ better known

Sunday servicesEvery week: 10am Family Communion*

5pm Evening Worship (either Choral Evensong, Evensong, Contemporary Evening Prayer, Compline, Taize, Celtic, Contemporary Worship) unless it is a Special Service** (see below) which will be held at 6.30pm.

First Sunday of the month:8am Prayer Book Communion

(other services as above)

Weekday servicesMon. - Sat. 9am Morning PrayerThursday: 11am Holy Communion (Common Worship order 1)

* Occasionally the 10am service may not include HolyCommunion.

**Forthcoming Special Services31 October at 6.30pm – All Souls Service14 November – Civic Service of Remembrance 9.30am.28 November at 6.30pm – Darkness to Light19 December at 6.30pm – Christmas Carol Service.

More details about services and any additions or exceptions tothe above may be found in the TODAY newsletter.

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Vicar:The Revd Tobie Osmond enquiries to 272441 vicar@stmarymagdalenetaunton.org.uk

Associate Vicar with responsibility for St John's: The Revd Jane Eastell 321069

associatevicar@stjohnstaunton.org.uk

Curate:The Revd Louise Bale 07976 234983

curatelouise@stmarymagdalenetaunton.org.ukReader: Daphne Seddon 275698

Pastoral Care Co-ordinator:Margaret Austin margaret.austin@whistlefield.biz 461256

Parish Secretary: Margaret Laver (during the current lockdown) 07523 322693 Benefice Office operational Tues - Fri ~ 10.00 - 1.00 (but not open to visitors during the lockdown) stmmtaunton@gmail.com

Verger: Duncan Withers contact via 272441

Churchwardens: Nigel Birkett jnigelbirkett@gmail.com 413303 Margaret Laver 286730

Valerie Gaskell vjgaskell@gmail.com 07973 912905

PCCChair: The Revd Tobie Osmond enquiries to 272441Secretary: Margaret Laver 286730Acting Treasurer: Nigel Birkett jnigelbirkett@gmail.com 413303Assistant Treasurer:Margaret Allen stmarysfinanceofficer@gmail.comFinance Administrator:Susanne Cavaghan financeofficer@stmarymagdalenetaunton.org.ukGift Aid & Planned Giving: Geoff Hay pgsecretary1@outlook.com 257926

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Bell Ringers: (Tower Captain) Rosemary Tuhey 335884 Jean Hall (Tower secretary) 443151

Bible Reading Fellowship: Nadia Atherton 338242

Bookshop: 353391 Manager - Cheryl Birkett 413303

Coffee Shop: Manager - Sandra Hall 337274

Electoral Roll Officer: Valerie Gaskell

Environmental issues: Nicola Johnson via 272441

Flowers: via 272441

Health & Safety Officer: vacancy

Home Group Coordinator:Julia Trigg 430976

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Mothers Union ‘Just a bite’: Sasha Collard-Jenkins 338429 sashacollard@gmail.com Rosemary Sage 276797

Music Director: Miles Quick 321617 milesquick@gmail.com

Organists: Andrew Carter )- via 272441 John Bodiley )

Property Officer: David Havard 331501

Sacristan: Sandra Jordan 975779 sandra.jordan@hotmail.co.uk

Safeguarding Officers:Geoff & Jan Hay 257926

Tekna: (Junior Church & Crèche) Claire Mort 283697 claire.daw@hotmail.co.uk

Voice: Louise Bale via 272441

Website and Facebook contact: Susanne Cavaghan stmmtaunton@gmail.com

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COMING EVENTS AT ST MARY MAGDALENE’S

OctoberSunday 3: Harvest Festival, 10am Evensong, 5pm.Saturday 9: Second in a series of Afternoon Tea Concerts, 3.00 – 3.45pm, with Miles Quick (organ).

NovemberSaturday 6: Concert by Paul Hale (Emeritus Cathedral Organist & Rector Chori of Southwell Minster), 11am;

talk & presentation on the renovation of historic Father Willis organs, 2.30pm.

Sunday 7: Choral Evensong, 5pm.Sunday 14: Remembrance Day.Sunday 28: Darkness to Light, 6.30pm.

DecemberSunday 19: Carol Service, 6.30pm.

January 2022Saturday 22: Afternoon tea concert, 3pm, with John Young (Director of Music at St John’s Church, Wellington).

February 2022Saturday 12: Afternoon tea concert, 3pm, with Matthew Redman (Director of Music at St John’s Church, Glastonbury).

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LUNCHTIME CONCERTS ST JOHN

The September Lunchtime Concert was attended by around 60people and the collection to be shared between The BritishHeart Foundation and St John’s Church raised a little over£276. We received many appreciative comments including the

note included here.Music at Lunchtime was delightful!

Having never heard of the Piano TrioNo. 1 by Anton Aretsky I was reallylooking forward to hearing it - what amagical hour it was. The music was so

beautiful, taking me from deep depth to floating happiness. Tobe followed by excerpts from “The Nutcracker Suite” was agreat choice; my thanks go to the Trio Exe and the organisersfor the concert.

ST JOHN’S - DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

The next concert will be on Friday 8 October (see poster onnext page) when students from Queens College will becelebrating the fact they can give a live performance at anoutside venue. If you would like to attend please call Liz andMike on 01823 335543 to reserve your place.

Main contacts for St John’s are -

Associate Vicar: The Revd Jane Eastell 321069Churchwarden: Sarah Power 275153Bookings Secretary: Mike French 710798Safeguarding Officer: Paul Lewis 07929 068015

Website - www.stjohnstaunton.org.uk

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MALTA, GEORGE CROSS ISLANDOne evening in July 1953, a small aeroplane took off fromStanstead Airport to fly a group of National Servicemen to theCanal Zone of Egypt. Early next morning, a stop-over wasmade on Malta to refuel the aircraft and allow the soldiers tofreshen up in the terminal buildings. Stepping off the plane,they immediately felt the dry Mediterranean summer heat, eventwo hours before dawn! A year later, some of those servicemenreturned to England by sea, embarking on the Great BitterLake in a former aircraft carrier. Docking for a few days inGrand Harbour, Valletta, and at Gibraltar, where they weregiven periods of shore-leave, before arriving at Portsmouth.

Some four decades later, Ireturned to Malta, with Joyce,for a group holiday. Not farfrom our hotel on the northcoast was St. Paul’s Bay, whereit is thought the apostle waswashed ashore after beingshipwrecked while on his way toRome. There were severalexcursions, allowing us toexplore Malta’s historical andarchaeological sites, as well as onthe neighbouring Island ofGozo. Both islands hadlocations showing multi-screen presentations about them. Maltahad gained its Independence in 1964, after which work in theDockyard steadily declined, leaving its buildings derelict andempty, while large cruise ships were tied up where naval vesselshad previously been moored. One former warehouse was open,however, for an exhibition (recently opened by H.R.H. The

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Duke of York) to mark Nelson’s victory in the Battle of theNile, two centuries before, in 1798.

We were able to explore Valletta’s shopping areas, worship inSt. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, visit the ornate Co-Cathedral ofSt. John to see Caravaggio’s huge painting above the altar inthe Oratory Chapel depicting the “Beheading of St. John theBaptist”. We visited Mdina, the former tiny Capital, standingsix hundred feet above sea level in the centre of the Island.

With few shops, cafes, restaurants or motor traffic, this hill-topcity has an air of quiet and medieval charm.

The War Museum, where the Island’s George Cross medal isdisplayed, is sited in the fortified area at the seaward end ofValletta. This honour was awarded by H.M. King George VI tomark the courage of Malta’s inhabitants during the 1939-45War. They had come underconstant bombardment fromenemy aircraft, betweenDecember 1941 and October1942, with only one twenty-fourhour period without an air raid!Starvation and surrender becamemore likely, until a batteredmerchant ship limped into

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Grand Harbour in the nick of time! April 1942 was worst of all.“April is the cruellest month” wrote T.S. Eliot in anothercontext, as the opening words of his long poem of 1922, “TheWaste Land”.

One particular memory stands out. Across the Grand Harbourwall was a plain concrete slab on which a war-casualty wasdressed in what seemed to be a hospital cap and gown. Was it abed on which he lay – or a board from which he would betipped into the Harbour for burial at sea? I think this was atemporary sculpture, to be replaced by a permanent and moresubstantial memorial, according to my research. Nearby, The

Siege Bell Memorialwas inaugurated by HerMajesty Queen ElizabethII and the President ofMalta in the Spring of1992. This monumentmarks the fiftiethanniversary of theGeorge Cross award,and to remember all

Maltese people who had died during the Second World War.

CHARIS

It is with great sadness that CHARIS will be saying goodbye toour Operations Director, Lisa Westlake on October 7th.Lisa has been with CHARIS since its foundation six years agoand has been instrumental in building and developing CHARIS.She has enabled it to become a leading sponsor of refugee

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families here in the South West, as well as being a key pioneerand voice for community sponsorship nationally.

It’s incredible to look back and see what has been achieved andwe are enormously grateful and thankful to Lisa for all she hasdone and contributed to both CHARIS and communitysponsorship.  Her hard work, passion, drive, creativity andpersonality have literally been the very heart beat of CHARISthese past few years.  We will certainly miss her!

Lisa will still be very much working with refugee resettlement asshe joins Somerset County Council to manage theirresettlement programme.  We wish her all the very best in hernew and exciting role there!

CHARIS will be looking to replace Lisa in the very near futureas we continue our mission supporting the resettlement ofrefugees within our local communities here in the South West,providing them a place to call home once again and new hopefor the future.

Life goes on, of course, and we are delighted to report that ourfirst family (post COVID lockdowns) has arrived (living inExeter) and a further refugee family is due in Taunton later thismonth so we are all busy making final preparations.

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JUST SAYING(S) …

Continuing the hunt for every-day sayings which have their origin in theBible; quotes are from the NRSV unless stated otherwise.

Brokenhearted (an intense feeling of grief, sorrow, longing,often related to love).

Psalm 34:18, ‘The Lord is near to the brokenhearted; and savesthe crushed in spirit.’

Bite/lick the dust (to be defeated; to die)

Psalm 72:9, ‘May his foes bow down before him, and hisenemies lick the dust.’

Wits’ end (not knowing what to do; being perplexed)

Psalm 107:27 (NIV), ‘They reeled and staggered like drunkards;they were at their wits’ end.’

Spare the rod, spoil the child (if you do not punish a child whenit does something wrong, it will not learn what is right)

Proverbs 13:24, ‘Those who spare the rod hate their children,but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.’

Pride comes before a fall (a person who isexcessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure)

Proverbs 16:18, ‘Pride goes before destruction, and a haughtyspirit before a fall.’

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The Revd Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’…

When the film makers come to churchThe Rectory

St James the Least of All

My dear Nephew Darren,It has all been excitement and activity here this last week,with a period drama being filmed using our church. It wasremarkable how many people felt the need to drop in tochurch to collect magazines, check the reading rota orarrange flowers, just happening to stumble over the film starsen route. If only they were filming every week, then ourbrasses would be permanently gleaming, woodworksmothered in beeswax and the notice board kept in a state ofperpetual tidiness.Our Ladies Guild was thrilled to be asked to take part in acrowd scene. I saw little point in the wardrobe departmenttaking hours fitting them out with Victorian dresses, as theresult was little different from normal. The only awkwardmoment came after filming, when Mrs Simms was told shecould now remove her bustle. She told the girl she alreadyhad.The producer thanked me for taking the trouble of goinground church before they arrived, removing all those modernconveniences that would not have been there in thenineteenth century. I hadn’t the heart to tell him that nothingwas any different from normal.Lord Marchmount was thoroughly miffed that they were notalso using his castle for filming, even though the producer

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explained with exemplary patience that they needed anineteenth century setting, not one which looked as if the casthad just returned from the Crusades. His revenge, getting thefarm staff to spread slurry in all the surrounding fieldsthroughout filming, has apparently meant that film stars nowhave a clause in their contracts protecting them from rurallife. The issue of whether the outbreak of salmonellapoisoning in the cast had anything to do with the cateringcaravan being liberally coated is to be settled in the courts.When all was finished, I thought it only right to invite the filmcrew and actors to the vicarage for sherry. When theproducer left, I was delighted to be told he had justdiscovered the perfect home for filming his next project –which is about Elizabethan poverty.Your loving uncle,

Eustace

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