BRIDGE November 2020 Newsletter of the parish of Middleham with Coverdale, East Witton & Thornton Steward With thanks to Martyn Whistler for this beautiful photo of the bridge over the Cover at West Scrafton We are continuing to deliver Bridge to you by email, and hopefully you will have received a letter about how to sign up to receive Bridge. In the meantime, please cascade ‘Bridge’ to others. Please email
[email protected] if you would like to be added to the mailing list. Letter from the Rectory In recent weeks Liz and I have enjoyed watching the pilot series of the re-run of All Creatures Great and Small. I’ve been internet searching where Darrowby is filmed in the sure and certain knowledge that it will be a local quiz question one day! (The answer is Grassington, Channel 5 has moved away from Askrigg). One thing that has struck me in the new series is the role of the housekeeper, Mrs Hall. There is more to her role of keeping the house than domestic duties. It’s the same in Granchester. Granchester is set just after the last war, All Creatures is set just before. Granchester is the story of a vicar in Cambridgeshire and his crime fighting escapades with his best friend, the local police inspector. Granchester and All Creatures have in common that they focus around two vocations where the practice is based in the home, professional and domestic combine, hence the need for a housekeeper. As well as her domestic duties, Mrs Hall keeps the house by holding things together.