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Reflections                                                                                                                              From the Editor



      Pause & Reflect                                                                     Summer



                                                                                          is here...
      James Booth-Clibborn, Editor



      Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others;
      your heart, when you encourage others;
      your soul, when you elevate others;                                                 On behalf of the team thank you all for your positive   residents. Excitingly, we are also welcoming some new
      and your life, when you empower others.                                             and encouraging feedback, we are delighted (and   advertisers to the fold.
      Bless the world with your mind,                                                     relieved!) at how enthusiastically you have responded   Above all the magazine is ‘by the community, for
                                                                                          to the new-look magazine.
      heal the world with your heart,                                                     July/August is indeed a bumper issue - two times   the community’ so we encourage and welcome
                                                                                                                                 you to contribute. Send us your articles and your
      lift the world with your soul;                                                      services, and two times weather (of course!).   photographs! We have regular photo features such
      elevate the world with your life …                                                                                         as Reflections and Villagers’ View and as you have
                                                                                          48 pages of interesting editorial and local advertising   seen the colour magazine can really do justice to a
                                                                                          from our regular parish organisations, and some new   good photo.
      Words by Matshona Dhliwayo, Canadian based Philosopher and Author                   ones as well; welcome to the Bell Ringers and Tennis.
                                                                                          We also have personal contributions from local   The sad loss of Simon Triggs this month,  a dear friend
                                                                                          producers (cherry’s of course in July) and a student   so early in life, has been a real shock. We are reminded
                                                                                          telling us about their experience of living through the   how precious every day is that we live with those we
                                                                                          pandemic. Each month we aim to have a village feature   love around us.
                                                                                          on issues effecting the community, last month was the
                                                                                          excellent Cycle-ology, this month it is fly-tipping, the   Enjoy the summer, and enjoy reading your new look
                                                                                          bane of our village life.              Parish Magazine
                                                                                          Now being a free magazines our distribution has   James Booth-Clibborn
                                                                                          increased to more households, extra copies are   Editor
                                                                                          available at Stable Stores and the Church, and   frittendenparishmagazine@gmail.com
                                                                                          Larchmere can now give magazines to all their

                                                                                             In memory
                                                                                             We have all been very shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Simon Triggs.
                                                                                             Simon and Jules moved along with their children Thomas and Mila into The Old Jorrocks over ten years
                                                                                             ago and they quickly made many friends in the village.
                                                                                             Always friendly, chatting in the pub or walking his dogs Betty, Sam & Jessie,  Simon would stop and talk
                                                                                             to everyone. He had a sense of adventure and a contagious enthusiasm for many things from interior
                                                                                             design to naval history, passionate about his garden, antiques and his beloved ‘Bongo’ van which he used
                                                                                             to transport kite boards and kayaks for his many adventures at sea.
                                                                Photo by Chris Hill          Most of all Simon loved his family, and recently he’d been so very proud of Thomas and Mila getting to
                                                                                             Cranbrook School, both of them will be starting in September.
                                                                                             Simon was such a character and will be so greatly missed by us all.
      We welcome your submissions to frittendenparishmagazine@gmail.com – a poem, prayer,    Jules wants to thank everyone in this amazing village for their overwhelming love and support.
      thought... something to help us pause and reflect.

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