Summary
ONE and a half thousand feet above the sea, and thus perhaps closer to heaven, it's a bit parky for the 6.30pm harvest festival in the little parish church of Forest and Frith.
Lord Barnard, 81 now, is there in mohair top coat, waistcoat and watch chains; the Middleton and Teesdale Silver Band arrives to time in green jacket and black tie; there's a chap in a red jersey. "It makes me feel warmer having a red jersey on, " he says, an interesting example of colour co-ordination.See the full content of this document
Extract
The Height of Harvest Cheer
Forest and Frith is at the top end of Teesdale, the whitewashed homesteads of the Raby Estate thinly scattered against the darkening skyline, the congregation gathered safely in from far beyond those foreshortening fellsides.
"Forest", not necessarily wooded, was simply an Old Englis...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
