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A thank-you for your church wall painting volunteers: a photo of a faded doom painting above the chancel arch, angels and devils emerging from limewash, or a volunteer's lamp on a saint's ochre face as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your church brasses volunteers: a photo of a knight and his lady engraved in brass on the chancel floor, their dog curled at their feet and their names in worn black-letter, or a volunteer's torch raking across a five-hundred-year-old inscription as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your church brasses volunteers: recorders, transcribers, researchers, church guides, cleaners and church watchers, conservation fundraisers, archive volunteers, education volunteers, churchwardens and the founders. An engraved knight and his lady, the little dog at their feet, or a volunteer's torch raking across an old inscription as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
Microsoft Announces Per-Hour Cost for Xbox Cloud Gaming Service
Microsoft Announces Per-Hour Cost for Xbox Cloud Gaming Service
The “introductory launch pricing” at which those lucky Insiders are getting an early look is as follows: 10 hours for $3.99, 25 hours for $7.99 and 50 hours for $11.99.
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• Mark Taylor
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I had a little matchbox of Grandad's whiskers. I had to hide it in the corner where the carpet came up and the floorboards had a gap: otherwise, Mum would have thrown it away. It disgusted her. She had to cover her eyes when he stuck his chin
A thank-you for your parish chest volunteers: a photo of the iron-bound oak chest in the corner of the tower, its three locks rusted shut and its lid scarred by five centuries of keys, or a volunteer's torch on a hand-forged hasp as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your misericord heritage volunteers: a photo of the little carved ledge under a tipped-up choir stall seat, a wrestling pair or a fox preaching to geese worn smooth by six centuries, or a volunteer's torch catching a medieval carver's joke as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your misericord heritage volunteers: recorders, photographers, researchers, church guides, cleaners and church watchers, conservation fundraisers, archive volunteers, education volunteers, churchwardens and the founders. A carved ledge under a choir stall seat, its supporters, or a volunteer's lamp on a medieval carver's joke as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your church hatchment volunteers: a photo of the old diamond-shaped mourning board high on the nave wall, its painted arms faded by two centuries, or a volunteer's torch picking out the word Resurgam as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your bench end volunteers: a photo of the carved oak pew end worn smooth by five centuries of hands, its poppyhead or little carved creature still grinning, or a volunteer's torch tracing a medieval woodcarver's joke as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your rood screen heritage volunteers: a photo of the carved oak screen across the chancel arch, its painted saints faded and scratched, or a volunteer's torch finding a patch of medieval red and gold as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your rood screen heritage volunteers: recorders, photographers, painted panel researchers, church guides, cleaners and church watchers, conservation fundraisers, archive volunteers, education volunteers, churchwardens and the founders. The carved screen, a faded painted saint or a volunteer's torch on a patch of medieval colour as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your mass dial heritage volunteers: a photo of the little scratch dial on the south wall of the church, its lines worn faint by seven centuries of weather, or a volunteer's finger tracing the gnomon hole as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your mass dial heritage volunteers: recorders, photographers, county surveyors, church guides, churchyard volunteers, researchers, database and archive volunteers, education volunteers, fundraisers, churchwardens and the founders. The little scratch dial on the south wall, its gnomon hole or a volunteer pointing to its worn lines as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your parish chest heritage volunteers: a photo of the old iron-bound chest in the church, its three locks worn smooth, or a volunteer's hand on the ancient oak lid as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your parish chest heritage volunteers: church guides, condition checkers, careful cleaners, recorders, transcribers and indexers, family history helpers, fundraisers, photographers, archive and education volunteers, churchwardens and the founders. The old iron-bound chest, its three locks or a volunteer's hand on the oak lid as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your well dressing volunteers: a photo of the finished petal picture beside the village well, a child pressing a seed into the clay, or a volunteer's hand placing the last flower petal as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your well dressing volunteers: board menders, clay mixers, designers, petallers, gatherers, children's teams, stewards, history and archive volunteers, photographers, committee members and the founders. The finished petal picture beside the village well, a child pressing a seed into the clay or a volunteer's hand placing the last petal as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your Saxon church heritage volunteers: a photo of the tiny stone church in the churchyard, its long-and-short corner stones worn by a thousand winters, or a volunteer's hand on the old doorway as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your wayside cross heritage volunteers: a photo of the weathered stone cross on the moor road, its socket stone half hidden in the heather, or a volunteer's hand clearing bracken from the old base as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your holy well heritage volunteers: a photo of the little stone well-house in the hollow, clear water over the old steps and ribbons on the hawthorn, or a volunteer's hand clearing leaves from the spring as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your village maypole volunteers: a photo of the tall painted maypole on the green, the ribbons plaited in bright colours on May morning, or a volunteer's hand untangling the ribbons as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your hilltop beacon volunteers: a photo of the old iron fire basket on the hill against an evening sky, the beacon alight on a celebration night, or a volunteer's gloved hand stacking the kindling as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your hilltop beacon volunteers: beacon keepers, lighting teams, stewards, path volunteers, history and archive volunteers, photographers, teachers, committee members and the founders. The old iron fire basket on the hill against an evening sky, the beacon alight on a celebration night or a volunteer's gloved hand stacking the kindling as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.
A thank-you for your village stocks heritage volunteers: a photo of the old oak stocks on the green, the leg holes worn smooth beside the whipping post, or a volunteer's hand on the iron hasp as a jigsaw
A thank-you for your village stocks heritage volunteers: condition recorders, joiners, guides and school-visit volunteers, history and archive volunteers, photographers, green-keepers, teachers, committee members and the founders. The old oak stocks and whipping post on the green, the worn leg holes in side light or a volunteer's hand on the iron hasp as a jigsaw, with your note at the end.