excerpt from 'Nuts in May: memories of care-free days' pp. 45-48 (177 words)
excerpt from 'Nuts in May: memories of care-free days' pp. 45-48 (177 words)
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[Verbena Daphne Brighton structures a long part of her memoir according to the seasons. The listening experience is in the section entitled ‘January, February, March’] With Lent came the extra church services […] The extra Wednesday night services we always enjoyed, with a different preacher each week and as every village had its own rectory there was plenty of variety, and the parsons would cycle from parish to parish quite enjoying the change. One parson was an excellent organist and we always looked for his name in the magazine as we knew that on that night after the service there would be an organ recital. […] Good Friday was a very solemn day for us, we took the Seasons very seriously. There would of course be the Morning Service but no choir robes were worn, they were probably soaking in the wash tub ready for Easter Day […] There would be very little music except for the hymns, “O come and mourn with me awhile”, and “The Royal Banners forward go”. |
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