Painswick, St Mary's Church c.1965
Photo ref: P3025
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The church was built between 1377 and 1399. Its tower houses an impressive peal of 12 bells, and in the nave are an ornamented Tudor tomb and a 17th-century font. At the annual Clipping ceremony, parishioners hold hands and form a ring round the church while singing hymns, continuing a local tradition that is centuries old.

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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