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6th March 2024

This is a small but significant section of a large stained glass window (1940) by Caroline Townshend and Joan Howson in the church of St Sancredus in Sancreed, Cornwall. It shows a time when local daffodil-growing was thriving and growers sent flowers to Covent Garden market on the special 'flower traffic' trains from Penzance to London. 

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