Heritage Day

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our Heritage Day. Thank you to Knottingley Art Club for their display. There was also a display showing the various stages of the clock restoration and also one on the various different types of architecture That can be seen around Knottingley.

Thank you to Linda who provided refreshments in the Parish Room and Glenis for running a stall. Also, a big thank you to all who baked to provide refreshments both for this and the following Dedication Service.

Dedication of the Clock & Windows

On the 13th September we had a lovely service of the rededication of St Botolph’s Clock and the beautiful windows in our church.

Mother Sharon & Fr Philip conducted the service; there were 2 readings and the dedication of our Clock & Windows.

Terry, our Clock man, did a talk on the work carried out on the clock. He has done a marvellous job; we presented him with a photo of a clock. A gentleman was taking photos of the church windows and was over whelmed with the work on the clock, he made a copy for Terry who was very pleased with the photo. 

Womersley Hand Bell Ringers played 3 tunes. They did well, considering they was short of 4 ringers and their music director; well done.

At the end of the service the tower bells rang out. Thank you to all the ringers the service was beautiful.

There were refreshments afterwards in the Parish Room. Thank you to all who made this a successful event.

An evening of ringing and singing
 

What a marvellous evening we all enjoyed on 6 September. St Botolph’s Hand Bell Ringers organised an excellent social evening, with something for everyone.

Thank you to everyone who took part. The hand bell ringing team with some very different tunes from those we have heard before, Grahaeme on the guitar plus other strings singing the shanties with rousing choruses and Bev to finish off with songs to get our feet tapping and to sing along. 

Thank you to all those who baked. The refreshments were delicious.

Then there was the inevitable raffle. There were 40+ superb prizes and people were very generous in buying tickets.

It was a relaxed, social evening, a chance to catch up with people we don’t see very often or have a good chat with friends. We really hope everyone enjoyed it.

A really big thank you to everyone who came along. £565 was raised from tickets, raffle and donations, to go towards the clock appeal.
 

St Botolph’s Plant Sale

Well, 4 May 2025 dawned with lovely weather, an ideal  day to hold a Plant Sale.

Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day in any way: to John, Ron and Geoff for the plants, Linda for making the bacon sandwiches and endless cups of tea and coffee, Anne for help in the kitchen, Michael and Mary for the tasty baking, Janice for the raffle, Ray for helping to make everyone feel welcome and his help with setting up and clearing away and Glenis and Ann for their stall. 

We also need to thank everyone who came along to support our day; we hope you enjoyed it. It certainly was lovely to see you all.

We made a tremendous £702.79 for church funds.

We were also given a generous donation of £50 towards the renovation of our stained class windows. We are very grateful.