Description
Mr Weston’s Good Wine is the unusual tale of the struggle between the forces of good and evil in a small Dorset village. Its action is limited to one winter’s evening when Time stands still and the bitter-sweet gift of awareness falls upon a dozen memorable characters. During the book a child knocked down by his car is miraculously brought back to life; the sign ‘Mr Weston’s Good Wine’ lights up the sky; and the villagers soon discover that the wine he sells is no ordinary wine.
On the evening of November 20, 1923, an old Ford car stops on a hill overlooking Folly Down, a village in western England. Within the car Mr. Weston, a wine merchant, confers with Michael, his assistant, about possible customers in the village. They have a large book that list the names of the inhabitants, and Michael has detailed knowledge about them, which only a supernatural being could possess. As they talk, their coming is forecast to the village of Folly Down by an electrical sign displayed atop the car…
The illustration and two other pictures by the artist were acquired from Ian Kellam, born in Sheffield, England in 1933. As a young chorister he studied with Dr. Tustin Baker, organist at Sheffield Cathedral. He later studied with Herbert Sumsion at Gloucester Cathedral, and then with Howard Ferguson at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the time he was studying at The Royal Academy of Music where he met Daphne Charlton who then introduced him to Stanley Spencer. They became good friends and Ian would often play the piano at Stanley’s home.
