Reverend Saxelby-Kemp
The Rev. Saxelby-Kemp took up his appointment as vicar at Christ Church, Dore in October 1931.
One of his first decisions was to announce that the first Sunday after Christmas was to be 'Toy Sunday'.
Toy Sunday was something he had introduced at his last parish in Scropton, Derbyshire. The donated toys were given to a poor parish in Derby.
In the News: Linking Dore and Attercliffe
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 5th January 1932
Three Hundred Donations
On Sunday 27th December 1931, at the first event of its kind held in Dore, the generous children of the parish donated 300 toys and books. After a discussion among the Dore parishioners it was decided that the Attercliffe parish of Canon S.T.G. Smith should benefit.
Parish Room, Attercliffe
Just one week later, on the Monday evening, Mrs Kemp, the wife of the vicar, was 'Father Christmas'! The toys and books were distributed to 300 of the poorest children of Attercliffe parish by the Sunday school teachers.
Dad (Julian Young) was best friends with David Kemp, son of Rev. Saxelby-Kemp. They had a string ‘telephone’ system with a tin-can at either end of the string between their bedrooms in 177 (now 175) Dore rd and the (now ‘Old’) vicarage.
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