Three of the young ringers at St Andrew’s, Kildwick have been changing things for the better outside its bell tower.
In a morning of hard graft, Angus Firth, Alfie Swinton and George Rees made an early start to the church’s Spring clean as part of their work towards Duke of Edinburgh awards.
Storm Malik put paid to plans to oil the external doors and so instead, they sanded floors, freed stuck doors, added hinges to the disabled access ramp, polished and oiled the gate bolts and put a shine to the eagle lectern.
“They’ve done a brilliant morning of work which has left the church a good deal smarter – and earned themselves Duke of Edinburgh points into the bargain,” said Chris Wright of St Andrews.
“And then, with no prompting, they hoovered up the dust!”
St Andrew’s church, also known as the Lang Kirk, is now open to visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from about 10 am to 2 pm.
Pictured clockwise from right are: Angus, George, and Alfie.