Sorry Denis for stealing the title of your talk to the History Society.
‘The Devil is in the detail’ as they say. And here is some detail from the new stained glass window in St. Peter’s. The Grahams kept cows and pigs, and many will remember that both Mrs Graham and Miss Graham were fond (some might say too fond) of cats. Can anyone let us know about the birds?
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Thank you Christopher for sending me details of what Roger indicated the family wanted including in the window. The birds are robins. The flowers include daffodils and snowdrops.
Also there is another potential post here. Roger said: “My grandmother was a founder member of Parwich WI, a life member of the Mothers’ Union and an active member of the Church and of the PCC. She was also a Sunday School Superintendent, a member of the Nursing Association and a bell-ringer. You might think that it would be fitting for some of those ‘badges’ to be included. Both my grandmother and aunt were involved in the Church flower rota – hence my request for flowers to be included in the window.”
I had failed to notice that there were badges included in the window.
Further information on Miss Graham and birds has been passed on to us from Mrs Brownlee. When she and Mrs Tipper were post ladies, Miss Graham had a canary.
Mrs Tipper went out along Dam Lane to Alsop en le Dale and beyond, and Mrs Brownlee did the deliveries through Parwich and up the Dale as far as Upper Moor Farm. It was either on foot or bicycle, though when Barbara could be persuaded she had to act as chauffeur for her mother.
Mr & Mrs Roger Graham visited Parwich today to see the window for the first time en situ. Roger says that both robins and canaries provided inspiration for the birds in the stained glass window. His aunt and grandmother were very fond of robins and for many years kept yellow budgerigars, which his grandmother always referred to as canaries. It was only after her mother’s death that Miss Graham more accurately referred to them as budgies.