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Making our mark
Making our mark When historic St Michael’s Church in Alnwick discovered their belltower roof was leaking, they discovered over 250 years’ worth of graffiti carved into the old roofing lead. It seems to have been de rigeur to leave your mark if you were up there on church business! While this kind of graffiti isn’t…
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You can’t dampen our enthusiasm!
You can’t dampen our enthusiasm! There was an appropriately biblical deluge during my recent site visit to historic St Peter’s Church in Bywell, between Newcastle and Hexham, with fund-raising colleague Katherine Williams. Fortunately, our meetings were inside; nevertheless, the rain thundering on the roof threatened to drown out our words once or twice! We’ve been…
