Stockton. St Michael's church

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Date:1900 - 1909 (c.)

Description:Crowds gathered round the Children's' Speak Pipe at St Michael's church, Stockton. This pipe extended through the rectory garden wall to a summer house where the Rector, Revd Thomas Colley, would sit. Children were encouraged to speak religious sayings up it in exchange for a penny in an orange or an apple which was rolled down to them. 1900s

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Source: Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, Warwickshire County Council

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