from Weston-super-Mare
Two hundred years ago Weston-super-Mare was an unknown fishing and smuggling hamlet to the south of the Severn estuary. Then came the passion for indulging in sea bathing as a rest-cure, and in 1810 the first guest-house was built and named ' The Belvedere'. Today Weston-super-Mare is a major holiday resort and one of the fastest-growing towns in Europe Now that winter has set in and the holidaymakers are gone, the Christian community has time to find itself once again. Seamus McKee meets just some of them as 32 local churches join together to sing their Songs of Praise. come, let us Join our cheerful songs
(Naltivity); Glory, to thee. my God. this night Canon); Eternal Father (Melita);
When I needed a neighbour; The Lord is
King (Church Triumphant); I love you.
Lord Jesus; Fill thou my hfe (Richmond) : Angel voices
Conductor RICHARD GRAVES Organist BERNARD SNELL
Bandmaster TREVOR JAMES
Film director SIMON HAMMOND Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN wies producer jim MURRAY. BBC Bristol