A sad day for Barrington

Yesterday Barrington saw the Funeral of 

David Jones

David was 82 and a church warden at St Mary's Barrington

A Lovely chap and a real loss to the Village.

over 130 people attended the funeral

and I've never heard singing so good and loud

in a church.

At the end of the day Marion and Me went back to the church yard

I'm not sure what to write at this point

looking at this picture

maybe it's best to say nothing.

David had commissioned the Font bowl from us.

This is a detail of one of the windows.

We get Married in this church in just over a week.

it's a shame David Jones won't be able to join us.

Rest in Peace David you will be missed by a lot of people.

But we are both so pleased to have known you.

Joint Stag & Hen Event/Day

With the Wedding only three weeks away

our good friends Wendy & Martin along with partners in crime

Pat & Ian

organised a joint event for the two of us.

We had no idea what had been planned until 11 am on the Saturday morning

when Nathan & Natasha turned up with these outfits and told us to get ready.

We got to the Barrington Boar at 11.30am

where we were met by a pub full of people all dressed

as cowboys and Indians. 

A Coach pulled up outside and we were off on a pub crawl. 

It was great fun, here are Martin & Wendy.

Cheers! 

Proper Pubs 

 Some a bit harder to leave than others.

 as you can see we had a bit of fun along the way.

 here is a nice group shot.

I'm not sure if the dog wanted Jo or the hot dog she was eating, possibly

it wanted to en quire about the blow up horse!

 Phil came as a cowboy builder!

Two rowdy buggers 

This was the picture of the day, as the coach pulled away

Jo was just stood waiting to cross the road. 

Marion with Daughter Natasha & Daugther in law Louise.

the two Bridesmaids. 

at one point we played cricket and lost the ball.

Game over! 

We ended up back in the Barrington Boar for supper and a game 

of Killer skittles

we eventually left he pub 12 hours later

at 11.30pm.

A Brilliant day was had by all. and even better

the next morning I was up at 7am feeling great!

I could not believe it myself.

Barrington Pottery Meets HRH Prince Charles

It's not every day you get to meet Prince Charles

and it's not every day you get to see me 

wearing a Tie.

But we had time for a Quick Selfie.

 HRH was in Glastonbury Abbey to help promote Tourism in the area

following the flooding earlier in the year.

We got to present him with one of our water jugs

appropriate I thought!

He asked us how business was and he asked Marion

if she potted as well.

When we told him it was just us two in the pottery he said

"Sorry if I'm stopping production, You can blame Me"

Marion took all the pictures except this one of course

but I told the Prince My Mum will be so proud

to see a photo of me with Him!

It was a great thrill for us and a real boost

We also got to chat to lots of interesting people and we were

treated to a very nice Buffet lunch afterwards

with Local wine & Apple juice

and Strawberries and Cream for dessert.

All in all it was a very British affair.

The National Trust online shop

I thought I would post a reminder that you can buy our pots online

from the National Trust online shop.

They take payment in lots of different ways

unlike our own web site that only uses Paypal

  http://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/paul-jessop-ceramics/c116

This shows that our pie dishes can be baked in.

and our Devon jugs in use in a restaurant.

We are off to meet Prince Charles tomorrow

if we can grab any pictures we will share them here.

It's all Go, Go,Go here.