The current incarnation of the nativity scene up at the Great Barn started in 1999, and even with one pause in 2020 its been running for more than 25 years.
Jennifer has kindly shared some photos with us so I am adding them here.
You can read about the history of the nativity scene in an older post here. In it Ian Beckwith talks about finding some small ceramic nativity figures in the vestry, Joy Lee talks about being inspired by seeing life-size figures of the Nativity in Prague and Jennifer Norman talks about how the current incarnation came about with help from Geoff Lee, John Rounce, Richard May, Peter Turner and Helen Anderson and others no doubt.
The nativity scene and figures have had running repairs over the years, but apart from the Angel and sheep, are broadly the same as they were 26 years ago - a testament to the creativity, ingenuity and hard work of the original barn team and the tenacity of the current team to keep them going.
There were also some Christmas cards produced in the past to help with fund raising, one from 2011 and one from 2015 - both from photos by John Rounce.
Click on an image below to see it full-size, it may take a while to load as the images are quite big.
Jennifer has kindly shared some photos with us so I am adding them here.
You can read about the history of the nativity scene in an older post here. In it Ian Beckwith talks about finding some small ceramic nativity figures in the vestry, Joy Lee talks about being inspired by seeing life-size figures of the Nativity in Prague and Jennifer Norman talks about how the current incarnation came about with help from Geoff Lee, John Rounce, Richard May, Peter Turner and Helen Anderson and others no doubt.
The nativity scene and figures have had running repairs over the years, but apart from the Angel and sheep, are broadly the same as they were 26 years ago - a testament to the creativity, ingenuity and hard work of the original barn team and the tenacity of the current team to keep them going.
There were also some Christmas cards produced in the past to help with fund raising, one from 2011 and one from 2015 - both from photos by John Rounce.
Click on an image below to see it full-size, it may take a while to load as the images are quite big.
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