excerpt from 'Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell' pp. 364 (138 words)
excerpt from 'Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell' pp. 364 (138 words)
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[Croswell recorded that the service began at 7pm, but] We got there at 7.5 through losing our way. […] O[rgan]. – Ordinary, at the East end. H[ymns]. – Bickers, an ordinary but nice selection. C[hoir]. – Surpliced which I find curious when all is so Low. We sat so much behind that we couldn't see much. There were nice old fashioned simple chants. [The congregation numbered] 190 – […] The congregation were a curious lot. All got up to the top leaving the bottom part a happy playground for boys and girls. S[ermon]. – We didn't stop. […] The argument for separating the sexes was supplied by a young man pulling the girls' rat's tails. […] M[iscellaneous]. – There were very few people for such a huge Parish and hardly any men although it is so Low Church. There was a dirty, common, undevotional verger. |
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