History & Heritage
Freddy Perry
Interviewed for the CVS on 11 May 2015 by John Batty & Irini Tzortzoglou
Bernard Edward (known as Freddie) Perry, born 17 December 1922, lived in Cartmel since 1973. Interviewed by Irini Tzortzoglou and John Batty for 45 minutes. Interview principally concerns his experience as a church warden of the Priory from 1987, including church warden’s duties, comments on known vicars and involvement in their selection, preparations for 800th anniversary, planning and replacement of the bell frame, notes on bell ringing (when and how), changing fashions in the congregation, his hobby of collecting old post cards of Cartmel.