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Jon Good
This Weeks "Happy Talk"!
Thousands of pounds has been raised to pay for repairs to a 500-year-old church that was “trashed” during an illegal New Year’s Eve party.
Hundreds of revellers attended the party at All Saints Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, after the building was broken into.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.
Volunteer group Friends of All Saints said it was “completely overwhelmed” by peoples’ “support and generosity”.
The fundraising page was set up on Friday and aimed to raise £2,000, but currently has raised more than £17,000.
It said a “massive clean-up” was needed at the “much-loved” church after “hundreds of revellers trashed the place”.
Astrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church’s fuse box.
She said: “It was a professional set-up. They had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens.
“It’s such a beautiful church. To find out it’s been damaged is devastating.”
Referring to the money that was raised, she said: “Faith in humanity restored”.
The church, which is owned and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust, has not been used for religious services since 1970, but regularly houses community events.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Historicchurchillegalraverepairs
https://www.facebook.com/allsaintseasthorndon
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Song List!
ABBA - Happy New Year Katy Perry - Firework Five Star - The Slightest Touch Carly Simon - Why Clash - I Fought The Law The 1975 - If You're Too Shy Let Me Know ABC - The Look Of Love Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You Dua Lipa feat DaBaby - Levitating Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Carpenters - Please Mr Postman Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande - Rain On Me Madonna - Material Girl Paul Hardcastle - 19 Shakatak - Down on the street S Club 7 - Reach Simply Red - Something Got Me Started Roxette - The Look Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Crying At The Discotheque Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close Sister Sledge - Frankie Back Street Boys - Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) Nolan Sisters - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
