Thursday, 28 March 2013

Village Church

 
 
Some of the wonderful windows in the local church. Bottom photo is a tapestry of the village made by local children, it hangs inside the church. It depicts the village during Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter. The bottom pics of the village in Winter is how the village actually looks right now !
Strange but True !
I met the Verger whilst I was taking photos, he told me a sad tale that actually had a happy ending. He was telling me about the amount of theft that happens in churches these days. He said that a Vicar in the Dales had come into his church one day to find the whole of the east window had been completely removed, presumably stolen during the night. 3 years later whilst on holiday in Hong Kong the vicar goes into a cafe for a drink and lo and behold there was his window! He reported it to the Police and the window was eventually returned back to its home in the Yorkshire Dales.