Last night, New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day, I finally got round to watching a DVD that I bought on the 9th October 2011 – it was still in its cellophane wrapper! I know exactly when I bought it because I checked my order on Amazon. Every Christmas since – I’ve wanted to watch it but it just hasn’t happened. It’s a rare thing for me to watch anything on the ‘google-box’ so last night was a real treat. And when I say ‘google-box’ – I’m referring to my computer screen not an actual TV as in the thin black thing that gathers dust upstairs. Anyway, I digress! The DVD in question is a 1985 BBC production of ‘Silas Marner – The Weaver of Raveloe’ starring Ben Kingsley in the title role and Patsy Kensit as ‘Eppie’ – the golden-haired child who comes to Silas on New Year’s Eve…

The reason I’m writing this post – is because I want to remember the magic of watching ‘Silas Marner’ AGAIN – on New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day 2019. It brought back a memory of Gold – of sitting with my dear old Dad by the fireside watching ‘Silas Marner’ when it was first transmitted on the 30th. December 1985. I live in the same house – with the same fireside…

I have a fancy that a ghost from Christmas past came a visiting last night because there was a message in ‘Silas Marner’ that sounded in my ears – as clear as a bell ringing the New Year in. A line that made me pause the DVD and reach for pencil and paper…

Scrawled on the back of a label – the only thing to hand – such was the rush to get it down on paper!

Thank you Master Marner.

“Everything comes to light in the end – all the secrets.”