I have been watching a fascinating programme on the BBC1 this morning about the 'plague village' of Eyam in Derbyshire. Someone in the village received a bolt of cloth from London in 1666 at the time of the plague there. This resulted in about 220 deaths in Eyam over the next 14 months. The village took an oath to cut itslef off to prevent the spread of the disease. This act of sacrifice was retold in a musical version of the story by the Oldham Theatre Workshop and renacted in the Church at Eyam. It was very moving and beautifully done by this group of young people. Many of those in the audience were direct descendants of those who died.

Here is another of my scanned photos for you. Taken at West Dean some years ago on my medium format film camera and scanned with my flat bed scanner.