At its meeting in July the PCC of Sandon with Burston considered the lack of demand for worship at St Rufin’s, and reluctantly resolved to close St. Rufin’s Church following the October service and ask the Diocese to sell the building .....

Recently I read a book, the theme of which was that later generations still bear the scars of trauma experienced by an older generation. It started me thinking about trees, as trees, like people, bear the "memory" of its parent tree.....

In the words of Isaac Newton:
‘Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.’

The freshly painted Sandon Lock, under the care of Mr William Askey, just prior to winning the best kept lock in the Northwest Division in 1958.