lychgate

TIMBER: The lych gate at St John''s, Knotty Ash and, above, Richard II

Mick McLaughlin, spokesman for CV One, which took over the timber-framed Lych Gate Cottages in the summer of 2004, said it would make the service more accessible to visitors.

Part of the money will be used to repair the local church's lych gate, and the rest will go to help other village good causes.

Among the pubs taking part are The Black Country Arms, Walsall; The Court House, Dudley; Cottage Spring, Woodsetton; Lych Gate Tavern, Wolverhampton and Ther Midland, Bearwood.

Many pints and packets of crisps later, among those named as a top place for a tipple in the Midlands were The Old Moseley Arms, Balsall Heath, The Red Lion at Knowle, Walsall's Black Country Arms and The Lych Gate Arms in Wolverhampton.

The Rev Stuart East led the Eucharist service and Ivan Lake played the Last Post to start the two-minute silence before proceeding to the lych gate and war memorial.

Towards the end of the service, the congregationmoved out to the lych gate where a short Act of Remembrance was held.

And there is an historic, private route into the churchyard, through a little lych gate.

When you see a smart wooden lych gate into a field, left, with a road at the bottom of the field, leave the lane and drop down through the field.

The walk should take about an hour, starting at approx 7.45pm from the Lych Gate of St Cuthbert's Church and finishing in the Hesketh Arms.

A REFERENCE in the last Time Tunnel to medieval grafitti made it appear that it was in Lych Gate Cottage, we would like to point out that David McGrory actually stated that it was in Holy Trinity.

Punters at the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton were moved to fundraise for a defibrillator after Mick Cripps suffered a heart attack on his way to Molineux to attend the Liverpool game last December.

Others in the Black Country which will be performing the new album include The Black Country Arms, in High Street, Walsall, The Court House, New Street, Dudley, The Rising Sun, Horseley Road, Tipton and The Lych Gate Tavern in Queen Square, Wolverhampton.

Everyone sang the national anthem before proceeding to the lych gate and war memorial.

Shelley (Lych Gate):Huddersfield Road, near Bark House Lane