Open letter from George Martin
Saint Paul’s Church
Trimdon Station
WE ARE LOSING A GREAT OLD BUILDING FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
ST PAUL’S CHURCH, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT ALWAYS ATTENDED BY MANY (AND I WAS ONE) WE ALL NEW IT WAS THERE WHEN WE NEEDED IT.
THE CHURCH OFFICIALS ARE DEPRIVING US OF THIS LINE OF SUCCOURING OUR FAITH IN GOD, THEY SAY WE SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP.
MOST PEOPLE WORSHIP IN THEIR OWN HOMES, UNTIL THE TIME COMES TO SEEK OUT GODS PLACE OF WORSHIP - ST, PAULS - OUR CHURCH AT TRIMDON STATION.
THE MEMORIALS AND MEMORIES OF THE TWO GREAT WARS AND THE LOCALS THAT LOST THERE LIVES IN THIS AREA SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS AWFUL PROBLEM, THEIR MEMORIES SHOULD AND WILL GO ON FOREVER.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE MEMORIAL ORGAN AND CLOCK, THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED THAT WERE PUT IN ST PAUL’S CHURCH BY THE COMMUNITY?
TIME DOES NOT HEAL AND MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING, FAITH IS, AND PART OF THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS VILLAGE.
WHAT WILL WE BE LOSING NEXT IN THIS AREA?
I MAY GET CRITICISED ABOUT THIS LETTER - MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID YOU SHOULD NEVER ARGUE ABOUT RELIGION OR POLITICS, BUT I AM SURE THIS IS WHAT’S RUINING OUR BELIEF IN LOVE, LIFE AND DEATH.
WHEN AGE CREEPS ON, YOU HAVE TIME TO THINK BUT NOT MUCH TIME TO PUT IT RIGHT.
MY SINCERE THANKS TO ALL THAT SUPPORTED ME WITH THIS VERY SAD PROBLEM
THANK YOU
GEORGE MARTIN
THE CHAIRMAN OF TRIMDON FOUNDRY PARISH COUNCIL
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