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Civic Sunday
I went to the Mayor's Civic Sunday this morning at St James' Church and was treated to a warm event in which people from all political parties simply enjoyed each other's company and celebrated Malcolm and Irene Pritchard's 40th wedding anniversary. The Mayor and Mayoress paid for a lavish buffet up at the town hall afterwards and a nice time was had by all, plus several hundred pounds were raised for their favourite charity.
Whilst we were sat in the church surrounded by ornate woodwork, metalwork and masonry I wondered just how many people across the borough still go to church on Sunday and get to appreciate the years of craftsmanship that has gone into such lovely old buildings.
As a lapsed Catholic I very rarely attend Mass but it would be interesting to hear the views from anyone on this forum who is a regular churchgoer.
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