*** DEBUG START ***
*** DEBUG END ***

Reserve help

20 June 2014

THEY asked the Dean of Southwell, the Very Revd John Guille, to pray for fine weather for two weeks while they were working, but I am not sure the Dean's prayers were adequately answered. Fifteen Army Reserves of the Corps of Royal Engineers had undertaken to re-lay the worn stone path up to the west door of Southwell Minster. They had been drafted from Brighton and Hull to do the job.

Military Plant Foreman WO2 Darren Winter was in charge. "We have an architect and an archaeologist on site," he said while work was in progress, "and we have already found some interesting objects. The old worn slabs are being replaced by new York stone, replicating a design used by the minster stonemason Keith Lipton. There's 180 square metres of the stuff to lay; so can the Dean please pray for sunshine throughout?"

It is the last job the regiment will complete before being restructured into an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and Search Squadron - rather more dangerous than laying paths. They are based at Foresters House, Chilwell, and are recruited from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire areas.

Browse Church and Charity jobs on the Church Times jobsite

Forthcoming Events

 

Festival of Preaching: Preaching Truth to Power

13 September 2025

Join us at London's Southwark Cathedral for this one-day event — a transformative gathering of bold voices, prophetic vision, and Spirit-led conviction..

tickets available

 

Finding inspiration in the Psalms : a Church Times one day festival

2 October 2025

Join us in York for this one-day event exploring the gift of the Psalms through poetry, art, liturgy and music.

tickets available

  


Visit our Events page for upcoming and past events 

Welcome to the Church Times

 

To explore the Church Times website fully, please sign in or subscribe.

Non-subscribers can read four articles for free each month. (You will need to register.)