75th anniversary of V.E. Day

Friday 8th May 2020

The bell was rung 75 times (by the lone person allowed into the building) after a 2-minute silence at 11 a.m....

...during which I read the names of the fallen which are inscribed on the ring around the carving of Mother and Child on the font cover.  (This is the War Memorial in St Cuthbert's Bellingham.)
Then back into the Rectory for the VE Day cake made to Churchill's favourite recipe...

...and the V.E.Day video with a message from our bishop:

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-coBfca5zjL46SQD6ah-1RdMyLaHREK/view?usp=sharing,%20https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s0Z29xrVSjTU1Zp5umsztBrGvyOZTXxH/view?usp=sharing

VE Day video .m4v https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DdU_WmFm2NJ9QXl6HML89J_UCzEbTE24/view?usp=sharing