A new season of talks

Comfort and joy

You might think that the standard Christmas Carols you have sung since childhood are all the carols that exist.

What surprises many people is that there is a long and rich heritage of people still singing Christmas carols from their own particular part of the country which are now largely unknown. In recent years there has been a gradual revival of some of the old carols, perhaps even the beginnings of a renaissance.

Every year since 2010 we have had some wonderful sessions in what is becoming a continuing tradition of singing local ‘village’ Christmas carols in pubs in Bradford on Avon.

In this talk Anne Gregson uncovers the archaeological layers in the history of English Christmas carols and comes to some perhaps surprising conclusions.

Anne opens our new season of talks on Wednesday 16 November, at 7.30 for 8pm in the Priory Barn.

Admission £2 on the door; everyone welcome.