Tours of the Parish Church
PARISH CHURCH TOURS
For most of the year areas of the Church have not been accessible due to the continued restoration work and booked tours have not been possible. Derek Barnard and myself, however, have both continued to talk to visitors on a regular basis in the Church on several days each week.
2010 will be a challenging year. Hopefully the reordering will be completed and we can start to take visitors around on a regular basis. Much of the literature for tourists will need to be altered and some of it rewritten as well as signing and notice boards brought up to date. As we go to press a Guides Training Course has been started with sixteen members under instruction, which in the long term will increase our ability to provide an enjoyable experience for the many tourists and visitors who come annually, and deserve a high standard of welcome and guiding ability from a Parish Church which over the centuries has been at the centre of the life of the town of Cirencester.
John Lawrence
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