Our Village Church and Churchyard......

........The village is notable for its parish church called All Saints as well as its 'beck', a stream which runs through the village including the high street.

All Saints Parish Church is sited at the west end of the main shopping area. The Norman church was built in 1086 to replace an earlier, Anglo Saxon wooden structure. Parts of the tower are believed to date from 1086, but the chancel portion was built in the 13th–14th century. The tower was damaged in 1618 and rebuilt in 1620.

The Beck splits the high street into High Street North, a two way road, and High Street South, a one-way service road.

Near to the village, on the A15, a dark figure, sometimes with the appearance of a witch, allegedly runs in front of cars, lies across windscreens, and raises a hand as the vehicles drive off - I am pleased to say, I have not encountered her as yet!!

A couple of BOUI for you about past events:-

1) 1907 U.S.A. Telegraph Oct. 17th, 1907 : The first commercial wireless telegraph is sent over the Atlantic Oce

2) U.S. 1952 U.S.A. Mechanical Heart Oct. 17th, 1952: The worlds first successful use of a mechanical heart on July 3rd during a heart operation was announced today, it kept a mans blood going through his body for a total of 50 minutes and he survived to the age of 70 and died in March 1981.

3) India 1979 India Mother Teresa 17th October, 1979 : Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor and destitute in Calcutta

4) UK 1994 England Taxi World Record 17th October, 1994: A world record is set by a British taxi driver Jeremy Levine after completing a round-trip journey to Cape Town South Africa of 26,691 miles. His passengers Mark Aylett and Carlos Aresse paid 40,000 pounds.

5) 17th October, 2013 : Two convicted murderers in a Florida prison were accidentally released after forged paperwork ordering their release was mistaken as real. The prisoners, Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker were both serving life sentences and news of the mistake was not reported to authorities until a few weeks after their release.

Not a bad day at all - both sun and cloud - temperature at a quite warm 66 Deg.F at mid-day.

Do hope it stays like this over the weekend.