Churches Part 2
Churches have been greatly affected by the pandemic and the restrictions imposed by the Tier system and National Lockdowns. I could see some of the effects when I visited St Patrick ’s Church in Consett during Tier 3.
The church was open, but numbers were greatly restricted. Father Bagnall had introduced a ‘one way system’ around the church, taped off 3 in 4 rows of pews and as the second image shows, he had to wash the ‘utensils’ himself to ensure Covid compliance. Signage had also been placed around the Church to remind the congregation what they could not do during Tier 3 restrictions.