In a message dated 5/17/2003 4:38:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, andy@andysefton.fsnet.co.uk writes: > Richard is correct, the church is St. Mary's, Foulness, Essex. > Thanks to Richard and Andy for clarifying what seemed to be a Monty Python presentation! Of course Andy is absolutely correct in reproducing the original punctuation of the newspaper items. This preserves small nuances of meaning in some cases and certainly is appropriate whenever quoting an original source. It is interesting how perfectly respectable local placenames can seem humorous when viewed from the "outside", though! Donna from Pennsylvania, USA wherein we have the village of Intercourse.....