People who come to St James Alperton are from a wide range of cultures. We believe strongly each culture is of equal value, so we regularly hold events to celebrate different cultural traditions. Last Sunday was the turn of our vicar Rev Ali Taylor to tell us about the Irish tradition of making St Bridget's crosses. Rev Ali comes from Northern Ireland. 

Rev Ali talked about St Bridget and why the Irish celebrate St Bridget's day, while showing us how to make crosses. The crosses were originally made of straw, however as straw isn't readily available locally, we used flattened paper straws.