All Saints Church - Croxton

Thanks for gifts and services rendered

Thanks are extended to all the people on the Cleaning Rotas and Altar Flower Rotas - past and present – and to the faithful few who always respond to requests for help.

Below are brief details concerning some persons that I know to have been generous. Please let me know of any others that you think should be mentioned on this page. I can be contacted by telephone on 01323 734429 or by email deh@allsaintschurchcroxton.org

M. N. Butler Greta and Tom Crowe Kate and Josh Layish Nick Manderfield

Arthur 'Chip' Seiderer The Warreners

Mr. M. N. Butler of Melville Road, put in a good week’s work on the organ, making adjustments, cleaning it up, including the pipes which had collected much bat debris, then building a canopy to protect the pipes. This sort of work is done by organ builders. It would have cost well over £500 to employ such a man; much more plus VAT if an established company did the job.

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Greta and Tom Crowe lived at The Mowbrays in Earl Warren for two years 1999 to 2001. Tom was retired from the U.S. Air Force and Greta worked at one of the U.S. bases.

Both of them supported community functions – especially Tom, who had quite a bit of spare time after his house husband duties. He worked hard on the Warreners’ project tidying up and re-laying old headstones in All Saints Churchyard. He also took a turn with church cleaning on a regular basis, plus churchyard grass cutting and many other jobs. Apart from all of this, they were also generous when asked for donations.

They have returned to the U.S.A. with best wishes from all who knew them.

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Kate and Josh Layish donated a pool table and a large quantity of masonry paint. These items were sold for a substantial sum which was passed on to the Fabric Repair Fund.

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Nick Manderfield does many things. He is world famous in Croxton for having organised a churchyard grass cutting rota and taking on the lion’s share of the work. This used to cost £500 a year. He also arranged for the church to be floodlit at Christmas for the past two years and obtained funds to cover the cost of the extra electricity.

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Arthur 'Chip' Seiderer and his wife lived on Melville Road, Croxton, for about three years. During December 2000, just before they returned to the U.S.A., they gave to the church, their television, vacuum cleaner, steam iron, coffee maker, cordless telephone and many other items – all in very good condition. Items were soon sold for a substantial amount (although at sacrificial prices) and others remain for the next ‘Bring and Buy’ sale. While living in Croxton, they always supported community functions and best wishes are extended to them now that they have returned to their homeland.

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A group of men styling themselves – The Warreners – took on some heavy work clearing up the churchyard in general and, tidying up old gravestones that were stacked against the walls of the church, by laying them out in a bed of stones. This gives a more pleasant outlook, allows the inscriptions to be read and, removes a risk of damage to the church walls.

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