We were very honoured to be invited along to the 70th Anniversary of Upper Sapey (Edith Silcock Memorial) Village Hall on Saturday 5th September.
Edith Silcock
Edith Silcock taught at Upper Sapey School as headmistress for many years, dedicating her life to the local community.
She was heavily involved with fundraising for a Village Hall at Upper Sapey, raising funds by organising whist drives, concerts, summer fetes and school outings.
Unfortunately she passed away following a long illness in 1949 several years before the Hall was built. The Edith Silcock Memorial Hall was finally built in 1956 at a cost of £1,250.
Miss Margaret Lane, a local to Upper Sapey worked alongside Mrs Silcock at Upper Sapey School as a teacher. The pair also worked together to raise the funds for the new Village Hall assisted by Rev. Cartmel.
The whole community helped with decorating the hall which was built on land given by Sir Francis Winnington of Stanford Court Great Witley.
Her obituary in the Bromyard News on 14th July 1949 reported her numerous activities, her willingness to serve her fellow men and untiring service to the welfare of the children in her charge, made her a most popular and respected member of the community.
She served for many years as secretary of the Parochial Church Council for Upper Sapey Church, clerk to the parish meetings, and secretary of the Entertainment Committee. She was also organiser of the Poppy Day collections for Upper Sapey and local representative of the London Children’s Country Holiday Fund. This was a historic London-based charity established in 1884 to provide countryside breaks for disadvantaged city children.
During her time in Upper Sapey, she also tended and provided flowers for the War Memorial in the Church.
She was cremated at Lodge Hill Crematorium Birmingham. The spray of flowers on the coffin was from the children of Upper Sapey School.
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