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Favourite Things

July 17, 2020 By Allison Symes 2 Comments

One of the discoveries during lockdown for me has been the Zoom app. I know of people able to get to writing events via Zoom who would not have been able to attend that same event if held “physically” due to the distance involved for them.

I would also like to see “standard” events perhaps end up having Zoom sessions as a side line to what they normally do as a way of engaging those who, for whatever reason, would find getting to the main event difficult. So Zoom has been a good thing then.

Missing seeing friends and family has been the worst element over the last few months (though that is easing of course now). Zoom has helped compensate a bit here though it cannot be the same as getting together with your loved ones.

Zoom has helped bridge the gap but can’t beat actually being with friends and family. Pixabay

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Christmas Carols old and new

December 16, 2019 By chippy minton 9 Comments

Candlelit Carol Service

Just over a week to go to Christmas, and churches will be preparing for their carol services.  Technically, there is a difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas hymn, but I’ve never been able to definitively put my finger on which is which.  As a rule of thumb, I think that songs that tell a story – such as While Shepherds Watched or Good King Wenceslas – are probably carols while those that are more worship-based – such as Hark the Herald Angels and O Come All Ye Faithful – are probably hymns.  There are also Easter carols, but let’s leave those for a few months.

Some carols/hymns I like more than others.  The Holly and the Ivy, for example, has always struck me as a collection of rather tenuous links. [Read more…] about Christmas Carols old and new

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Winter Traditions

January 4, 2019 By Allison Symes 8 Comments

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Some of my post-Christmas traditions include riding on the Watercress Line, having a day trip to Dorset and walking along West Bay beach, enjoying a New Forest walk, and catching up with members of the family who live a little further away. Have ticked those all off for this year and a good time was had by all.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration.  Many best wishes for 2019 from us all at CFT! [Read more…] about Winter Traditions

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A Christmastide Confession

December 21, 2018 By chippy minton 1 Comment

Candlelit Carol Service

Regular listeners to Radio 2’s Simon Mayo programme will be familiar with the Confessions slot where listeners write in with their admissions of guilt for past misdemeanours.  With the imminent departure of Mr. Mayo from the station, I no longer have an opportunity to bring my Christmas confession before the nation.  Instead I seek forgiveness from the good readers of Chandlers Ford Today.

As we approach the weekend of Christmas carol services, I am reminded of this shameful event from when I was a child of ten or eleven. [Read more…] about A Christmastide Confession

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