Scramblers has seen a variety of mums, carers, grandparents, a few dads and wonderful group of babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and even the odd older brother or sister come through the great oak doors and head for the toys in the children’s corner…

That’s the way we always begin….and we move on to the bell chamber, to a ring of the bell, just short of a campanologist’s nightmare… with all the children holding the rope, and then to the lady chapel where we sing a welcome, blow recorders, trumpets and beat drummers (as the psalmists tell us to) and then we have a story.

After a prayer and a blessing of everyone, we take a good deal of puff to blow out the candles, and go to the back of the church for a craft, art and colouring session while the grown ups drink tea and chat (and help a bit if we can’t manage) and that’s it till next time…it’s back into buggies, pushers and prams, off to collect brothers and sisters from school or home for tea…