This evening, the Annunciation window was installed in St. Peter’s church. Designed by Meg Lawrence of Radnor, Wales, it was fitted by Ian Pocklington of Norfolk. The installation work will be completed on Wednesday morning. The window was donated by Roger Graham, now of Breaston, near Derby, in memory of his grandmother and aunt, both of whom were postmistresses of Parwich. The window shows the Archangel Gabriel – patron saint of postmasters and postmistresses – telling the Blessed Virgin Mary that she will bear God’s Son. The window will be dedicated by the Bishop of Repton at a service on Sunday 6th July at 6 pm, which will be the climax of St. Peter’s Flower Festival.
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On last week’s excellent tour of Brassington I got a copy of the new edition of Ron Slack’s “Lands and Lead Miners: a History of Brassington” (Tempus Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978 0 7524 4497 0 paperback £14-99, it was cheaper for those who came on the tour). It took me a few days to get going on the book, some of the sections are detailed and have to be read carefully, but today it has drawn me in. It is a most impressive piece of work and really evokes what life has been like over the last two thousand years. The descriptions of how people lived in the late medieval and early modern periods are fascinating. I particularly feel I gained a real insight into what it would have been like inside the village houses.
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Don’t forget tonight’s quiz at the Sycamore!
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