BBC TV “Songs of Praise”: St Botolph Boston 1977 (David Wright)

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Whatbeautiful faces singing Blest are the pure in heart. I. Also enjoyed the interviews and the sense of the place , landscape and thetime...what a gift to world weary 2021

[@remyworldpeace]

Remarkable such an old episode survives - and only in this archive!

[@orangesox915]

We need this again in 2020!

[@louisfriend6924]

I was 9 years old when this was filmed. How life has changed. I do not recognize the Nation grew up in anymore......

[@christinesbetterknitting4533]

I was 16 -- I certainly don't recognize the world, either.

[@carlhudson83]

David Wright, the organist departed us a couple of days ago.. He was the pillar of musical education in Boston for 50 years.. I owe my career to his careful stewardship as a Grammar School lad..

[@garyhulme2252]

Songs of Praise in the great days!

[@ArchiveofRecordedChurchMusic]

The glory days have long gone!

[@garyhulme2252]

@@ArchiveofRecordedChurchMusic Haven’t they just...!

[@EH-cc3rv]

Lovely to watch and spot people I knew

[@remoteranger2049]

Enjoyed this so much I looked up and purchased the vinyl record which I discovered has the hymns as recorded for this episode (BBC Records Songs of Praise Vol.2)

[@elenildadeoliveira4305]

Praise the Lord Jesus

[@lordjesuschristhavemercyon3251]

Saint Botolph's Church is beautiful.

[@angelacooper2661]

I was seven at the time and remember Songs of Praise, including Geoffrey Wheeler. The tune is in D minor, although it ends with a Picardy Third (listen for the F#). It was another seven years before I became a Christian and five before I started going to church. Personally, I don't like the signature tune as when growing up it sounded sinister!