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[Michael Bishop]

I have often said that Radbourne could well have been the model for the 
Vicar o Dibley ( except it has never had a woman rector). The squire 
died a couple of years before I arrived but he had always been the 
chairman of the annual meetings which consisted of Annual civil Parish 
Meeting, Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Meeting to plan the Church 
Fete. Apparently the three meetings flowed one into another with no 
obvious borders between them. This procedure was of questionable 
legality - but the squire's word ruled. It was a mostly benign 
dictatorship. His widow tried to have power in my time but that day had 
passed with her husband. (Although when I was appointed initially as 
priest in charge, the bishop said I had better go and see her before I 
took office as otherwise she might make problems as Patron of the parish 
when the parish setup was revamped legally to make me rector of my 8 
parishes.

God bless

Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton,Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, 
Radbourne, Sutton-on-the-Hill and Trusley

Diocese of Derby, England

> On 5 Nov 2016, at 21:42, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/11/2016 19:44, Michael Bishop wrote:
>>> On 05/11/2016 18:21, Jo Craddock wrote:
>>> Jo, who is convinced the British plan to foil the Germans, next time, is with irregular and missing road signs
>> You put me in mind of a genuine story from my small parish of Radbourne. Some years ago, the Squire who (like his family since the Norman Conquest) owned all the property and land in the parish, was chairing the Parish Meeting and was asked by one of the public "I recently moved into the parish, and my friends cannot find the village. Could we have some signposts?"
>> "We used to have them" came the reply. Squire then thought for a time then he said "Oh yes, we took them down during the war!" This had been some 30 or more years before. The signs in question were still stored away in the basement of Radbourne Hall!
>> Quite why it had been thought that invading Germans would want to find the village was a mystery!
>>
>> On another occasion the squire was chairing a meeting to plan the annual Church Fete and asked "Who will organise the Grand Daraw?" The recently arrived Rector intervened and said that he objected to money being raised for the church by means of a lottery, but that he would let it go ahead just this once. The following year, at the same meeting, the squire once again asked who would organise the Grand Draw. The Rector (appropriately Rev. Pratt) rose to his full height, and declared "I made it clear last year that I cannot approve a lottery in aid of church funds. If a lottery is organised, I shall resign!"
>> "Accepted." replied the Squire and went on to organise it. The Rector left the parish without further ado..
>
> I am reminded of "The Vicar of Dibley" and the confusion (in what etymologically seems to be the original sense of the word) between the civil Parish Council and the Partochial Church Council. In a different context I am anticipating some confusion between the areas of responsibility of two school-related bodies, both of which I chair, as they get used to their separation. Some clear direction from the Chair will probably be needed as until now there has been one body fulfilling both roles in relation to one school. As of last Tuesday that is no longer the case.
>
> Roger