This year I've received a Christmas Card, produced by the RNLI, showing a snowy scene of Castle Combe with river, bridge, church and cottages. Castle Combe was part of my childhood and youth. When I was quite young, my parents took me into St. Andrew's Church and I remember cycling there from my home in South Gloucestershire, when I was older. Later, Castle Combe was an afternoon car trip from my parents' house. In the 1970s, there was an antique shop in the village, where I bought a silvery metal frame in which I put a photograph of my Mum as a child taken in the early 1920s. The photograph must have been taken after Christmas as my Mum is shown with the doll's pram and doll, which she received as Christmas presents. For anyone who doesn't know about this charming village, which has been called 'The Prettiest Village in England', there are photographs and information on the Castle Combe Village Website: http://www.castle-combe.com/ Here, there are links to interesting pages on Things to see in Castle Combe, The Village Museum and St. Andrew's Church. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com