Tower and Town, March 2016

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Editorial: Windows, War And Wishes

Apologies for the fact that this month's edition is a bit more of a hotch-potch than usual, but as they say "variety is the spice of life"!

We start with an article about a tragic story commemorated in stained glass in one of the windows in St Mary's church, a place I have worshipped in for the past nineteen years but have never stopped to look. I suspect that this may well be true for many of us, and I hope in future months to make similar occasional contributions about items of interest in our churches which we perhaps take for granted - and would welcome such contributions from any of our far more knowledgeable readers.

Secondly, we have a fine collection of photographs from the Marlborough History Society telling something of the story of our town one hundred years ago. These photos have already been exhibited twice in the past eighteen months, but I wanted them to have as wide an exposure as possible because I think they are so interesting.

And finally, a Bucket List of must-do-before-I-die things from ten different people to whom I am most grateful for being prepared to reveal in public their deepest desires. The hope is that it will not only be of interest to our readers in perhaps opening your eyes to something that you hadn't thought of for yourself, but also that it might prompt further contributions from our readership of items from your own list which you might be prepared to share with others - the more obscure the better!

David Du Croz