EVENING commuters rush past St Nicholas’ Church in Standish.

No time to stop and enjoy a silhouetted view of the building and trees brought about by a cold and clear winter evening sunset.

Standish Court was my first home in Gloucestershire and I love passing the church and house.

Memories of the first five years of my life flood in.

I wish I could return to those days of wandering the area, alone and without a care in the world.

David Joyce

Stonehouse