The Last Service Of Mardale (1935)

Mardale, Cumbria.
WS. crowds gathered for the last service to be held at Mardale church before the church and the valley are flooded to build a new dam to supply water to Manchester. MS. as the member of the clergy enter the church. LS. a boy and his mother putting out chairs as they pack up their home. WS. across the lake with boys sitting in the foreground.
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Thank you, E.R. Eddison (reference to Mardale Chapel in his Induction, Zimiamvia).