Picture Diary

Gwynne Richardson (3rd from the left)
with Arthur Scargill, President of the NUM
and Archbishop of York, Stuart Blanch
in 1980 at the relicensing as Coalfield Chaplain

Ralph Messer
appointed in 1981
pioneered chaplaincy with
the local industries
(RIP 1995)

This is the 1987 chaplaincy service
in Selby Abbey.
From the left: Brian Callaghan (Chair),
Vera St Paul (Youth & Community Chaplain)
John Freeman (Secretary)
Gwynne Richardson
Ken Harris (Eggborough Power Station Chaplain)
Geoffrey Lawrence (Treasurer)

The three ordained chaplains c.mid 1980s
from left: John Ritchie (Drax)...RIP 2003,
Ken Harris, Ralph Messer.
The two lay chaplains: Vera St Paul and
George Fairhurst (responsible for unemployment
issues)

Gwynne might have been taking the photo!

The venue is Barrowby House (now closed)
which we used for 'away' consultations

John Davis became
chaplain at Drax Power Station
in 1988...looks like
the pipework to/from a condenser?

Ron Mitchinson succeeded Gwynne
in 1992.  This is a publicity shot of him
for the TV programme 'Vicars' looking
out over Drax Power Station

Jonas Mdumulla followed John Davis
into the parish of Carlton and Drax
and also joined the chaplaincy team
with responsibility for the Selby District Council
Offices at Selby Civic Centre

This shows Revd Stuart Burgess, Chair of
the Chaplaincy 2003  and also Chair of the
York and Hull Methodist District.
In the background are Archbishop of York
(Dr David Hope) and John Roden

SCADIM's chair, Rt Revd Martin Wallace
Bishop of Selby, together with Mrs
Mary Crisp (former Secretary & Treasurer)
say farewell to Gwynne after 26 year's
association with the industrial mission