Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Books and Bric-a-brac in Sibton St Peter's Church

Seemed like a plan - a church visit and a book sale - two blog posts in one visit!.

 This is where I went on Saturday morning. Sibton is a very small village that almost joins Peasenhall  on the A1120. There was once an Abbey there but the ruins are not open to the public.

 There is  a book and bric-a-brac sale every now and again and I know I've been to it before but can't find any mention of it.

St Peter's Church is unusual because for many years it has been leased to 'The Friend's of St Peters' and they have concerts as well as these sales. The main part of the church nave is usually unfurnished. The burial ground is a conservation area and it is full of wild flowers.





The lych gate is also the village war memorial


East window and altar


 Crowds looking at books which are everywhere on tables and on the few pews that remain.


Amongst the bric-a-brac someone was obviously clearing out a collection of Motto ware



At the west end of the church is a kitchen area and tables, so I sat for a coffee and sausage roll and took two photos




Of course what I didn't take into consideration was how busy the book sale was with very little room to move and not a lot of space for taking photos. So for more and better information and photos have a look at the Suffolk Churches website here.

Back Soon
Sue

21 comments:

  1. My goodness-it was a really busy sale! Hope you enjoyed your treat. Catriona

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    1. Lots of book lovers in Suffolk - everyone loves a good book sale!

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  2. Such a crowd. I would have taken one look and departed.

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  3. Wow, that looks popular!
    Sausage roll and coffee sounds good.
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. The info said open at 10.30 but when I arrived around 5 minutes after that the church was already packed full of people. All great fun

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  4. A beautiful building. Glad it’s being used and cared for.

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    1. I think it's really well used by the villagers- I know they have orchestras and concerts.

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  5. But did you buy any books or bric-a-brac? I would be tempted by those dishes.

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  6. Great solution! Leasing the church for concerts and sales likely makes it self-supporting. Providing a cafe adds income too. Given the crowd, people love it.

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    1. It's an unusual church and well used. A really good crowd searching for good books.

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  7. that's a great church -- very interesting. I loved the Motto wear -- I would have been in trouble there. I'm curious as to whether or not you scored some good books!

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    1. I'm limiting my buys of dust collectors so avoided looking too closely at the \motto ware.
      The books bought will make another post, no great treasures but a couple of finds

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  8. The Motto ware table looks fascinating! I can pick out several I'd like from here. And book sales....I should try to get out more!

    Ceci

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    1. I'm always googling 'book sales Suffolk' to see what comes up!

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  9. Ah, someone's lifetime collection of Torquay pottery donated to the cause! I hope you found some books and they made lots to help support the church, which looks a nice one.

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    1. I thought of you when I saw all the Torquay motto ware!

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  10. What a busy place. I hope you did find a few books to take home.

    God bless.

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  11. That looks like a very successful sale, I'm looking forward to seeing what came home with you. :-)

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