Painswick, The Village c.1960
Photo ref:
P3026
Photo ref:
P3026
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In September the annual Clipping ceremony takes place in Painswick, as it has done for centuries. It has nothing to do with pruning the trees, but derives from the Saxon word 'clyppan', meaning 'to embrace'. At the ceremony villagers gather in the churchyard, hold hands, and form a circle round the church while singing hymns.
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My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ. Every morning she had to give him and the gardener a piece of leftover cake and a cup of tea. Ernie the gardener was 18 years old and very shy. He took her to the pictures in Stroud one day and she invited him home for tea one Sunday. ...see more
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