Memories of Flamstead

Memories of Flamstead Festivals Many of you will be familiar with Flamstead events put on to commemorate important occasions, to raise funds for good causes, and often to do both. One such cause is to repair our wonderful mediaeval church and latterly even to save it from closure. Recent events to achieve this have included…

Who Pays for Church Repairs?

“Who pays for church repairs?….a story of under-funding in a “poor agricultural parish” The headline in the cutting here could have been written in 2021 – but in fact it is from the Beds Advertiser and Luton Times on 31st July 1908. It continues … “through the unfailing energy of … the Vicar, (the Rev.…