Stowmarket draws to a halt to celebrate Plough Sunday
Jan 17, 2011 - 04:21 PM
Fund Director Ian Bell with the team at East Anglian Life at the Plough Sunday event in Stowmarket
The Museum of East Anglian Life and ARC Addington Fund joined forces yesterday to put on a Plough Sunday Service, which included a procession of vintage and modern agricultural machinery through Stowmarket town centre.
Plough Sunday, coming on the first Sunday after the Epiphany was traditionally the Sunday set-aside especially to bless the plough before ploughing got off in earnest in preparation for the sowing of spring crops. Today it is a service of prayer, dedication and blessing for those involved in and concerned for Agriculture.
The service which took place on Sunday 16th January at St Peter and St Mary’s Church raised a fantastic £500.00 for ARC-Addington Fund.
To view the photo gallery please click on this link http://bbc.in/egjUlx
Click on this link to listen to Fund Director Ian Bell being interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk about the event (Fast forward the clip to 1hr.36min) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00czwt6/Rob_Dunger_16_01_2011/