The quietest places under the sun
The quietest places under the sun
There was another large congregation last weekend. The Shropshire Society in London celebrated
the 120th anniversary of its refounding with a service in my Abbey,
and I’m told the Society has been in existence since the 1740s
Well, all these people came to celebrate, and did they sing
nicely! And the lovely choir sang music
by my favourite composers, Smart and Stainer and there was even some Elgar
music played on my lovely pipes. I did
my very best as usual, and tried soooo hard to make my voice heard while all
these people were singing hymns
But my most favourite bit was when the Society’s Vice
President read from Shropshire Lad
“Clunton, Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun are the quietest
places under the sun” he read, and you could have heard a pin drop
This was written in 1895, around the time when Mr John
(Loughborough Pearson) built the lovely extension I sit in. Now I’ve never seen these villages, but I am
told they are still the quietest places under the sun
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