BBC Radio Stoke's annual carol service took place on Tuesday 19 December at Stoke Minster. The service was hosted by Father David Lingwood with the Rt. Rev. Gordon Mursell, Bishop of Stafford, the Lord Mayor of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Councillor Jean Edwards and BBC Radio Stoke presenters and staff attending the service too. It featured the Choir of Stoke Minster and the Nantwich Singers, a chamber choir whose members are drawn from all over South Cheshire. Traditional favouritesA whole host of traditional favourites were played during the evening including 'O come, all ye faithful', 'Once in Royal David's City', 'God rest You Merry Gentlemen', 'O Little Town of Bethlehem', 'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing' and 'Away in a Manger'. For more details on the night, you can read the carol service programme, containing information on the hymns, readings and more by clicking on the following link: Stoke Minster | | Inside the refurbished Stoke Minster |
This year's special service also marked the £50,000 re-decoration of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula which officially became Stoke Minster over a year and half ago. As a Minster church, the building now plays host to more important occasions in the life of Stoke-on-Trent. But it secured its place in Stoke's history generations before and became the final resting place of some of the city's most notable people residents. In a whirlwind tour for BBC Staffordshire online, the Rector Rev David Lingwood highlights some of the most notable features of this freshly refurbished church. | 
