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“We are here tonight to celebrate the very significant contribution that Eve
AFFPUDDLE CHURCH NEWS Badcock has made over the course of the last year, and indeed over decades, to
community life in our small rural parish.
AFFPUDDLE CHURCH ROTAS Eve (known locally as "Chips") and her late husband Captain Paul Badcock RN,
played leading roles in the establishment of the Briantspuddle Post Office and
Village Shop as a community run enterprise. This was undertaken in 2002 following
Sidesmen, Lesson Readers, Readings, Intercessors and a number of unsuccessful attempts to hold onto the local facility run on a
Chalice commercial basis. Shortly after, and following appropriate training, Eve stepped
into the role of Postmistress, a position which comes with considerable financial
Date Time Sidesmen Lesson Readers Readings responsibility, and a role she has held successfully for the last 16 years, recruiting,
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7 April 11am A Grindrod R Prideaux Phil 3: 4b-14 training and managing a succession of willing volunteers as counter staff. This was
recognised in 2012 by Post Office Services with a Community Service Award to
5 Sunday R Prideaux A Grindrod John 12: 1-8
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mark "10 years of excellent service".
of Lent
Last year Eve successfully applied for a grant under a Community Fund operated

14 April 9.15am E Moriarty S Moriarty Phil 2: 5-11 by the Post Office. This substantial award was used to meet most of the cost of a
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Palm S Moriarty H Menzies Luke 23: 1-49 major programme of refurbishment for both the post office and shop facilities. The
Sunday result of this effort has transformed a very small space into a modern amenity with
a firm eye on its future sustainability for the benefit of the whole parish. Without
18 April 7pm Benefice Eucharist at Bere Regis Eve’s energy and perseverance this initiative would not have got off the ground,
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Maundy but not content with leaving it there she also acted as joint project manager for
Thursday the planning and completion of the work.

Eve has been a valuable member of the Management Committee of "The Friends
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19 April 2.30pm ‘Last Hour at the Foot of the Cross’
of Briantspuddle Post Office and Village Shop Association Ltd" since its
Good Friday
incorporation in 2002. She is personally to be found behind the post office counter

at least two days a week and it is not unknown for her to run between this and the
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21 April 9.30am R Killer R Killer Acts 10: 34-43
shop counter when there is an occasional shortage of volunteers, to say nothing
Easter S Sanderson S Sanderson John 20: 1-18
about turning out at all hours if the alarm goes off.
Sunday
In addition to this contribution to the community each summer, for many years
28 April 9.15am C Parker S Sanderson Acts 5: 27-32 now, Eve has thrown her beautiful garden at Cruck Cottage open to the entire
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2 Sunday tba John 20: 19-31 community as a venue for the annual church fete. As if this were not enough, she
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of Easter has also allowed her kitchen to be used for all the work involved in serving
afternoon teas to the many visitors attending the fete, not to mention all the

5 May 11am A Grindrod R Gainsford Acts 9: 1-6 washing up afterwards. In so doing Chips has put up cheerfully with scores of
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3 Sunday S Wood S Wood John 21: 1-19 people from near and far swarming through and around her garden, invading her
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privacy and generally shattering the peace and tranquillity of her home.
of Easter
Furthermore, she has coped uncomplainingly with all the feverish activity for days
before setting up tents, stalls, tables and chairs, not to mention a bandstand, and
Intercessions Chalice then all the clearing up for several days afterwards. The fete is the church’s major
7 April Celebrant S Sanderson fund-raising event in the year and the garden at has provided a wonderful setting
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14 April tba S Moriarty that has been thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by everyone and has also
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21 April Allan Smith S Sanderson given an invaluable boost to the success of the day. Through all of this Eves’
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E Whatley generosity has invariably been warm, charming and absolutely selfless, and we all
28 April E Whatley Allan Smith owe her an enormous debt of gratitude.
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5 May Celebrant E Moriarty
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