St Leonards Outings
A Memory of Roche Abbey.
Every year the children in the Sunday School at St. Leonards Church at Dinnington would be taken to Roche Abbey for a picnic. They originally used a horse and dray to take us, and we used to take sandwiches and pop, and run about all day. We also used to climb on the gatehouse roof and think we were very brave. The boys used to climb up the steep slope behind, but they wouldn't let girls do it.
The horse and dray used to come into use again on Whit Sunday, when the piano was put on the back and the children were also put on, and used to go round the village singing. This was also used when the May Queen was picked.
Happy memories!!! Pam Cook nee Darkin
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