A day out in Crawley
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:16 pmMy husband, catching me gazing wistfully out of the window today, suggested that I take myself off for the day to do some historical research on the town where we live, which is Crawley in West Sussex.
Good idea. So, armed with a notepad and pen, camera and £20 for ‘expense’s’ (a quick half in the George Inn, Crawley High Street etc) I set off.
My first stop was the Parish Church of St John the Baptist in the centre of town. The church was founded in 1250. The main roof of the church is made of thick slates or slabs of Horsham stone. It was very cold inside, but beautiful.
There wasn’t a soul about so I wandered about for a bit admiring the architecture and the lovely stained glass windows but what immediately caught my eye was a magnificent organ.
The organ (a 'Father Willis') was made by the famous Henry Willis & Sons Ltd. company and installed in 1885.
Good idea. So, armed with a notepad and pen, camera and £20 for ‘expense’s’ (a quick half in the George Inn, Crawley High Street etc) I set off.
My first stop was the Parish Church of St John the Baptist in the centre of town. The church was founded in 1250. The main roof of the church is made of thick slates or slabs of Horsham stone. It was very cold inside, but beautiful.
There wasn’t a soul about so I wandered about for a bit admiring the architecture and the lovely stained glass windows but what immediately caught my eye was a magnificent organ.
The organ (a 'Father Willis') was made by the famous Henry Willis & Sons Ltd. company and installed in 1885.
discarded by a small number of small minded individuals around where I live 
by making me believe that somebody was following and chucking the rubbish back around again 
Each time I turned around, they ducked out of sight, spooky!