On my church travels I always look to see whether the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in a particular church, and in doing so have come across an amazing variety of aumbries and tabernacles, from the Gothic sacramenthaus at Hascombe to a vast iron-bound oak door at West Byfleet. Ours here at Swanvale Halt is a humble affair dating from 1924 when we were given permission to reserve by Bishop Talbot.
Our former sacristan Mary was a saint, but she did have an unconscionable fondness for gold lamé. It appears on a number of items she made for the church including the curtain over the aumbry. At long last - eight years after Mary passed to her eternal reward - Penny who is also a dab hand with a needle and thread made us a new one in a less dramatic fabric. I do hope Mary understands!
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