'Exeter Meeting’s ‘Fox 400’ event attracted young people and families, with 400 flags of homemade bunting decorating the street.' Photo: collage picture credits at bottom of page
Quakers celebrate George Fox
400th anniversary celebrations: from Songs of Praise at Swarthmoor Hall to visits to the village Fenny Drayton
Quakers around the country are celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth this month. Friends marked the occasion with social activities including visits to the village Fenny Drayton where the Quaker co-founder was born, and appearing in a recent episode of Songs of Praise at Swarthmoor Hall. As one example, Exeter Meeting’s ‘Fox 400’ event attracted young people and families, with 400 flags of homemade bunting decorating the street. ‘We are thrilled with how the day felt,’ said Laura Conyngham, from Exeter Meeting. ‘The next day Terry Faull from Cornwall and I were on BBC Radio Devon’s Breakfast Show.’
