At the age of 7, I joined the choir at Christchurch Priory where my late father was already a choirman. |
The choirman saw at once that something had happened, and he felt as many people feel when there is an accident. |
In 1685 after King James II's coronation, a choirman, Charles Taylour, removed a gold cross and chain having seen it glint through a hole in the coffin. |
My father, being the head choirman, was handed the cross off the altar. |