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August 1956

Drainage System dug by parishioners

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Local parishioners digging drainage ditches

Many hands make light work - and save their parish church money.

Local parishioners digging drainage ditchesWhen the vicar of Eaton Bray, the Rev Peter Graham, needed a drainage system digging around St Mary's Church, parishioners were only too happy to help out in August 1956.

Wesley MaundersHere young and old set to work digging a ditch, while, left, volunteer workman Wesley Maunders really gets down to it by digging a manhole. It was hoped to have the work completed before winter set in.

Source: Dunstable Gazette, August 1956