The words of past sermons whirred above our heads like dusty moths ...

In the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, we sat in the box pews before a triple decker pulpit - the words of past sermons whirred above our heads like dusty moths - 

An ape in a stained glass window held up a small hand mirror - the ape had a slender hands and feet, grey fur like feathers - 

A memorial remembered James Edmund Brymer who was accidentally drowned whilst bathing at Hythe on the 23rd of June 1863, aged 24 years - 

A glass case displayed some bullets removed from the church door when it was cleaned and restored - each bullet looked like the black swollen egg of some strange insect - 

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March 13 2015

St Mary The Virgin

Puddletown

Dorset