A selection of writings, speeches, photographs and events as well as some of my favourite literary passages.
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Monday 22 July 2019
Luleen Wanklyn nee Handcock - 1946 - 2019
http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com/2019/07/obituary-lu-wanklyn-1945-2019.html?m=1
Favourite Churches - Sherborne Abbey
I was fortunate enough to be able to visit Sherborne Abbey twice and marvel at its beauty while staying with Charlie Skipwith at Chetnole. We had both been there before - for the funeral of Rosie Jenks in 2005.
It is probably the most beautiful church in England. There are a few photos here
Friday 5 July 2019
UK Club's 150th Anniversary Dinner July 2019
The UK Club's 150th Anniversary Dinner |
UK Club 150th Anniversary Dinner. Photo by Kumar |
Herry was lucky enough to be placed on a table with some of the Club's Chinese Members including Sun Jia Kang, the Club Director from COSCO who Herry knew from many years ago, and next to the table of Japenese Members.
Herry and Dughall Aitken |
R to L: Cao Shufeng (CPI), Dr Wu Chao, Sun Jia Kang and Wang Gang |
Stephen James and Sue Jamieson |
UK Club Chronology |
For London and the river photos, click here
See The UK Club's 125th Anniversary Dinner at the Guildhall, January 1995
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Tuesday 2 July 2019
Litchfield Flower Festival 2019
Over the weekend of 28th - 30th June 2019 a remarkable Flower Festival was held at St James the Less, Litchfield that included tableaux of the history of the church and its congregation. On entering the porch one saw that it had been filled with small displays showing the church's links with the surrounding estate while the cool inside had been beautifully decorated with flowers by members of the congregation, and looked and smelled wonderful. Sylvia Haymes, who was the prime mover of the Festival, has written a guide to the church and the floral displays as one walked arond the church.
The principal decoration was of the Saxon font, while below were photographs of various people known to have been baptized in it including members of the Wills family, and Herry shortly after his birth in Litchfield in 1945.
The Saxon font decorated by Katie Wills. |
The photo tableau |
A further tableau and an explanatory monograph were given over to the Book of Common Prayer, as all services at St James the Less are taken from it.
The Book of Common Prater |
Outside the churchyard had been close-cropped under its sheltering trees. |
Flower arranging credits: Liz Lyne (porch) Katie Wills (font) Joyce Mills (Cottage Garden) Jenny Lister (lectern) Jane Woolnough (altar pedestal, windowsills and screen,) Jean Sharpe (War Memorial plaque and pew ends). The Book of Common Prayer window, hanging wreaths and Advent Crowns (and anything else) - Sylvia Haymes, (the crowns with help from Sarah Acworth).
For more photos, click here
For the family's links with Litchfield, click here
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