The parish gathered after 9.15am Mass at Bungay on Sunday 4 May to celebrate Peter Harvey’s 90th birthday, with cake and fizz. Neil Mayhew spoke of the privilege of knowing Peter, and that he represented our last link with the Benedictines of Downside. Peter replied that the parish had given him a home, for he had spent longer here than anywhere, and that he was grateful. And then Peter sang to the assembled parishioners. Scroll to the end of the gallery below, and you will hear him singing Vaughan Williams’s Linden Lea, which left many there with a tear in the eye, with his conviction that there is hope, and that nothing is in vain. Thank you, Peter, and many happy returns of the day!
Peter sings ‘Linden Lea’ (click on the link in blue)