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Stamford lecture will be annual North Bucks helps provide a full record of surviving churchDukeries Trail reveals the signifi cance of Devil’s DoorThe small church of St Leonard at Little Linford dates from the early 13th century. By the 1970s there were plans to declare it redundant, but a strong fi ght by local people led to its reprieve. Since then, further efforts have seen many ambitious repairs and improvements carried out – and it now has a Church Record.Some 140 students studying art courses at New College, Stamford, attended a lecture arranged by Stamford DFAS and given by Doug Gillen. Doug is a fi lmmaker heavily involved in documenting the Street Art scene in London and abroad. He gave an inspiring talk entitled ‘Hidden Canvases – Street Art and the City’ about the roots, A class of children from the local primary school helped launch the new Church Trail at St Mary’s Church, Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire – the third trail completed by Dukeries DFAS.There was also great interest from everyone in the Devil’s Door. This is now partly blocked up at St Mary’s, leaving just a window, but at one time it would have been left open during a baptism or funeral to let out any evil spirits residing in the person concerned. The children were also intrigued by an old photograph showing how the church used to look at the beginning of the 20th century.Around 40 people were at St Mary’s for the handing over of the Trail to the church and an enjoyable, informative afternoon was capped off with refreshments for everybody. Below: Examining the Devil’s Door at St Mary’s Church, now turned into a windowtechniques and development of graffi ti from the 1960s through to the current day. Described by the Head of Department of New College as “an inspiring start to the academic year” and following extremely positive feedback, Stamford DFAS has decided to make this an annual event.Above: Doug Gillen (centre) with students from New CollegeIn October, members of the North Buckinghamshire DFAS Church Recorders group presented the Record to the Pro-Churchwarden, Candida Godber, who also worked on it. She and her husband, the Hon Richard Godber, had played an active role in saving the church.Above: Presenting the Recordcopy dates for NADFAS Review 2017/18Summer 2017: 20/03/17Autumn 2017: 26/06/17Winter 2017: 04/09/17Spring 2018: 02/01/18We are always keen to share stories about Societies’ volunteering work and the impact it has had within the local community. As well as NADFAS Review, we use many of them on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter (we are of course mindful not to identify children). Please continue to send us your news and pictures so we can share them across these platforms.Stories should be emailed to: nadfasreview@nadfas.org.uk.We apologise to those who have sent in stories that do not appear, but we do try to use as many as possible. Image quality is often key. Photos should be emailed as jpeg or tiff fi les at print-quality high resolution (300dpi /1MB or more). They should not be embedded in emails or text documents, but emailed as separate fi les. Please add your Society name to fi le names, and captions are useful. Thank you.GOING ABROAD? Members would be warmly welcomed at lectures given by Societies in Europe and New Zealand or given by our sister organisation, ADFAS in Australia. Find Societies near your holiday destination at www.nadfas.org.uk (or www.adfas.org.au/societies.html for Australian Societies).SOCIETIES NEWS www.nadfas.org.uk NADFAS REVIEW / SPRING 2017 65