Days Before Dibley Author:Jill Swallow The hugely popular TV series "The Vicar of Dibley" transformed British attitudes to women priests. A few years before it was created things were very different. Jill Swallow faced ignorance and prejudice every day. But she recounts her experiences as a deaconess in the time before women priests with humour and insight. We read of the characters ... more »and events of parish life, happy and poignant. Who would dare cross the Mothers' Union? Or bring the organist to his knees? Jill met these challenges and won - well, if not won outright, came away with a smile on her face.« less