A few years ago I attended a Christmas meal at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, home of the Dukes of Devonshire. Not dining with the Duke, unfortunately, nor in the dining room of the great house itself, but in rooms in a converted stables. Still this was a level of luxury that I am not accostomed …
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Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 22nd November 2020 The lych gate of Holy Trinity HuddersfieldThe caption reads: AD 1884"Praise Ye the LORD. Praise God in his Sanctuary" I had a quieter week this week, the sermon on Sabbath last week must have done the trick. After last week I was all zoomed out, meeting on Zoom …
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 15th November, 2020 The east window at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, lower panel, depicting, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, "I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, …
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 8th November 2020 There was an act of remembrance during this service. If you cannot make it to an act of remembrance, British Legion are recommending against doing this, you can start this YouTube service, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHmIy98ltU, on Wednesday 11th November at 10 am and the act of remembrance will occur at …
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 1st November 2020 "I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Detail from the east window of Holy Trinity, Huddersfield November, and the last day in October, is an odd time in Britain. We seem to do the dark side of things without the light. The darkness of Halloween without the …
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 25th October, 2020 Detail from the Ruth Window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing gleaning in the fields This last week was a very strange one for us. We were told on Tuesday that our Granddaughter had been sent home from school, coughing, we are in a bubble with her, our daughter …
I have recently come across a piece of paper, one of those out church uses in the house groups, as we called them back then, or Lent courses used these a lot. It is typewritten and Gestetner duplicated, apart from being electric driven our church was using Victorian technology right into the 1990s. A Victorian …
Holy Trinity Church HuddersfieldSunday 18th October 2020 Copyright problems this week The picture above is one I took of the window next to the organ on the north side of Holy Trinity, the only full length window in the building. This week this blog had a big problem with a picture I had used back …
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 11 October 2020 A week back, and probably there will be no days away from home for some time, The most notable thing for me is that I had a crying four year old to look after. She did not want Granddad to pick her up from school, and cried …
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 4th October 2020 The week after the busy week I have just had is always a difficult one due to my disability. Plenty of pain and a lack of sleep are what I have until I get a chance to rest properly. Picking up my granddaughter from school three times …
