Carol Service

There will be a Christmas Carol Service on Sunday, 18th December, 2011 at 4pm in St. James Church, Stirchley Village. All welcome!

Prints by local artist

The Britannia Aqueduct Historical Society have commissioned local artist Dave Hughes to produce two prints – Print 1 is of the Aqueduct Bridge c. 1792 and Print 2 is of the Church of St James (Stirchley Village) – parts of which were built in the 12th century.

Each print is 29cms x 20.5cms (approx) and costs £4.99, unframed.

The prints are available from 59 Birchmore, Brookside, Telford TF3 1TH, phone 01952 595864 or email peterthomaswalker@sky.com – or order from group members.

Print 1 Print 2

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• Remembrance Sunday at Aqueduct – 2011 (aqueductlocalhistory.wordpress.com)

Remembrance Sunday at Aqueduct – 2011

AQUEDUCT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE SUNDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2011.
A warm, sunny November afternoon greeted the members of the Britannia Aqueduct Historical Society and their guests at the annual Remembrance Service, remembering the fallen of Aqueduct during the two World Wars.
The short, poignant service was conducted by Raymond Haire and attended by local Telford clergy, guest speakers, history society members and residents of Aqueduct Village. The 1st Brookside Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, whose headquarters are in Aqueduct, also participated along with their leaders and parents.
The service opened with a prayer for the community offered by the Reverend Marilyn Peters and was followed by a reading of the poem ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke, read by local historian Neil Clarke.
This was followed by the singing of the hymn ‘Abide With Me’. Peter Walker then recited the Wilfred Owen poem ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’.
The Reverend Henry Morris offered a prayer and led the roll call of the servicemen of Aqueduct who gave their lives in the two World Wars. During the roll call a cross was planted by the Aqueduct bridge for each of the 13 deceased servicemen.
Roll of Honour
1914-18.
John Humphreys.
Elijah Lowe.
Alfred Williams.
Horace Maiden. M.M.
Albert Clarke.
Thomas Taylor.
George Geary.
Percy Geary.
George Baugh.
Robert Lowe.
Joseph Davies.
1939-45.
Alec Yale.
Henry Bowen.
Also Quentin Macphail Shippee.
Of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

This was followed by a two minute silence and the Last Post was played.
Raymond Haire then read the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae.
The next poem, read by Reverend Fr. Michael Hartley, was ‘Verses for the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon.
The Reverend Nigel Young ended the service with a closing prayer.

Pete Walker

The Church Of St James

We have found a truly excellent website with full details of the church and its history. Well worth a look!

The Church of St James

Historic church open to public!!

This weekend (Sat 10th and Sun 11th September 2011) Stirchley’s historic St James Church will be open to the public between 12 and 4pm. Members of the Britannia History Society will be in attendance to show you round this beautiful Grade I listed building, part of which dates back to the early 12th Century!

The church is situated just off Stirchley Road (on the opposite side and just up the bank from the Rose & Crown pub)

Next meeting

The next meeting of the society will be 14th December at 9:00 in the Britannia Inn, Aqueduct.

Photos

We have a number of photos, some of which were used on our 2008 calendar. We now have a new page for them, starting with this one taken by John White in November 2007, showing a steam train passing 
through Aqueduct, resplendent with poppy.

Welcome to the blog of the Britannia Aqueduct Historical Society

We hope to develop this blog over the next few weeks and welcome your contributions.