St Mary's in Old Newton is a small church situated at one end of the village, and like many other villages the main part is now over a mile away.
It's one of the churches featured in the 100 Treasures book because of this...... An Altar prayer book dating from 1793. It was found under the vestry floor during building work and is now displayed in a glass case.
On the page that's open it shows where the names of the king or queen at various time has been crossed out with the new monarch written in. The last person mentioned is Queen Victoria.
This was the weekend of the Annual Flower Festival, so flower arrangements everywhere.
There's a small gallery in the west end, I didn't go up there but apparently it's divided to keep boys and girls apart.
This is unusual war memorial made of wooden fret-work
The theme of the Flower Festival was 'Art and Artists'. This one depicts Freda Kahlo.
Lots of small arrangements, depicting Claude Monet's Water Lily Pond
Jackson Pollock
The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner
An arrangement mirroring the painting by Jan van Huysom - 'Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, Bird's nest and eggs'
Different sort of Art.....Music..............This is Rocket Man by Elton John
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Sue
What a brilliant art festival, clever villagers and beautiful displays. Think I am more of a 'Pollock' flower arranger myself.
ReplyDeleteSuper theme, and I think, although I am not a Kahlo fan, I think that arrangement is the best interpretation of character. What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful displays and arrangements. The flower arrangers are artistic themselves.
ReplyDeleteA very unusual church and it was do lovely to see how clean the church yard was. The arrangements are very clever. The memorial is beautiful. I went to open gardens yesterday were very good but the best were a school (4 yr to 7yrs) and the children had made there own gardens in plastic trays and decorated with little bits they brought from home, the plants they had grown themselves in class and planted outside into the trays, a wonderful way to teach children.
ReplyDeleteThey also had got some very large tyres and planted up flowers, strawberries and other vegetables. It was a lovely day.
Hazel c uk
You managed to get a two-fer out of this visit--interesting church and a wonderful flower show. Creative and beautiful arrangements. Actually, now that I think about it, you got a three-fer since you were on your way to visit Willow and her parents, too. :)
ReplyDeleteThose flower arrangers are really talented. Were prizes awarded?
ReplyDeleteWow what a wonderful idea for the flower arrangements. They did an awesome job.
ReplyDeleteLove the ceiling in the church.
God bless.
Its nice to visit some of our old churches isn't it and even better to find them open. So many are locked up these days because of light fingered visitors. Growing up we wouldn't of dared take anything from a church for fear of being struck down by lightening.
ReplyDeleteMitzi
The flower arrangements were excellent. Nothing like that in the churches around here.
ReplyDeleteI loved the flower arrangements, what an amazing festival. Beautiful church.
ReplyDeleteLovely flower displays and interpretations. The Freda Kahlo arrrangement and the Jackson Pollock one are my favourites. It looks an interesting church to visit:)
ReplyDeletePeople who can create such wonderful arrangements of flowers have my respect. I'm a member of the gather-and-drop-in school of arranging - like Muss Read!
ReplyDeletexx
What a lovely church and some very imaginative flower displays. I am more plonk in a vase and tease out "artistically" (hah!)
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