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For Blowing the Organ - pumping the air through the belows to the Pipe Organ
Mrs Ash from Lower Bourton who would wash all the surplices etc
For the Choir Boys
For the Christmas Service of 1921

St James' Church running costs in the early 1920s

This file gives a splendid view of the day-to-day running expenses of the church circa 1920. There is a laarge collection of bills, invoices, slips of paper for 'Organ Blowing,' Washing Surplices, Firewood, Mowing the grass, etc.

There is also a separate envelope in this file that contains some representative examples of payments to Sanatoriums and providing homes for Waifs & Strays. And also some prayer notes for times of War.

 

 

St James papers

  • Year:
    Circa 1920
  • Place:
    Bourton
  • Ref:
    BOU.14
  • Item Ref:
    N1001
  • Find it:
    BOU.14

 

 

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