A marvellous window, Microscopist, but I missed the louse, which was originally seen in church, was it not?
Today's offering from Alloway features, in the tailpiece, part of my favourite window.
https://youtu.be/7S4Z_9njl7oThis window is a tribute of a husband, William Houldsworth, to his wife, Sara Abercromby. In the clip her qualities are related to various women from the Old & New Testament. A further attraction to the window comes higher up the window where there are two enigmatic quatrefoils each figuring eleven characters, some of which can be deciphered but many seem out of place in a Presbyterian Church in 1891.
But this window also forms a link to my home village (as was) of Reddish. The cousin of the Alloway William Houldsworth, also called William Houldsworth, was a mill owner in Reddish and his name is still attached to numerous places in Reddish and on his retiral he moved to Coodham, near Symington. Whilst my mother as young women worked in one of the other mills (Gregs) in later life when the Houldsworth Mill had become a mail order distribution centre she did work there. So whenever I look at this window it reminds me of Reddish.
Meanwhile my BLFG is now in receipt of a letter requiring her to stay at home for the next twelve weeks, "shielding"! Ah well, at least we should be able to get priority for supermarket deliveries although we have been quite fortunate so far and we do have a little bit of
wilderness garden. I do really feel for those in flats, especially those with young children.
On a different note I did have a recent birthday and my daughter sent me a framed black and white photograph signed by Dennis Law. It shows him in City strip looking a bit distraught and with Mike Summerbee putting a comforting arm round his shoulder whilst a couple of "fans" appear to be abusing him. A few years ago City invited fans to contribute their favourite City moments to a booklet called "Keeping the Faith". My contribution was selected for publication and if I recall correctly came next to a contribution from Don Revie, and it described this moment.
Oh, and a louse? In Alloway, surely not?