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One boiling hot day in Ely, I spent nearly all day in the cathedral or Tesco, the other cool place.
What was the proportion of time spent in each? And where did you take more photographs? I think the coldest, dampest, Cathedral I have ever been is Worcester. It reeked of damp. But such a wonderful place. I also like Hereford but it greatly pisses me off they charge for entry. Durham is fantastic, so light and airy. Lincoln is good also. How did those Masons do it? Chicester is pretty mossy too |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #1 on: 22:09:33, 26-03-2008 » |
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Tesco, the other cool place.
Oh, Mary, have Dunnhumby got the Ely Cathedral account, too? |
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« Reply #2 on: 22:14:55, 26-03-2008 » |
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How did those Masons do it?
Frequent propitiation to the Supreme Being?The windows at the east end of the Durham cathedral (in the chapel of the nine altars) clearly indicate that the Masons were involved at least at some stage in the cathedral's life. |
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« Reply #3 on: 22:20:14, 26-03-2008 » |
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I just love, in Durham, those Norman chevrons on the pillars
One can only wonder. And cf Canary Wharf.
Bedtime I think.
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« Reply #4 on: 17:08:14, 27-03-2008 » |
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I think the coldest, dampest, Cathedral I have ever been is Worcester. It reeked of damp.
Hardly surprising!  |
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« Reply #5 on: 19:21:15, 27-03-2008 » |
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Worcester, Salisbury and Durham all have wonderful settings. Only Durham has a *** interior. (Michelin rating.)
My favourite is Canterbury.
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #6 on: 19:29:31, 27-03-2008 » |
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Well, you of all people should know your cathedrals, Don. But I'd go for Winchester. Ooh, sorry, it's weather territory here... Winchester - um, - in the sunshine.  |
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« Reply #8 on: 20:19:07, 27-03-2008 » |
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Durham is fantastic (and I never knew it was a Michelin 5 Star!). Must book a table there. Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi is wonderful of course,  The way it is off-kilter and you walk up a gradient to the High Altar. Hereford is homely. Chichester is damp but nice. Salisbury always reminds me of The Barchester Chronicles for some reason. And Alan Rickman. Wells is an absolute treasure. |
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« Reply #9 on: 20:58:28, 27-03-2008 » |
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I remember going to see Coventry Cathedral when it was quite new, not long after the premiere of the War Requiem there. I think it's wonderful on the inside, not so nice on the outside, but I agree the tapestry is horrible. What marvellous glass though! Good old John Piper.
Durham is stunning, and I love Wells. In fact I love them all. I think I've been to them all at some time - most, anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: 21:07:29, 27-03-2008 » |
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In fact Mary, all Cathedrals are wonderful and how they are engineered, they are wondeful. We can just stand in and marvel.
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« Reply #11 on: 21:18:26, 27-03-2008 » |
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Great pictures, John. I have a very soft spot for Coventry Cathedral, having sung there many times as a boy chorister (my school choir used to fill at services in the Summer when the full Cathedral Choir was on leave). A glorious building with a difficult acoustic (there is a sort of glass ceiling that you have to force your way through, if that makes sense, but if you can do that it's fine). And I've a special affection for Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, for much the same reason - another place where I sang regularly, as it was also my college chapel.  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #12 on: 21:23:26, 27-03-2008 » |
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I remember going to see Coventry Cathedral when it was quite new, not long after the premiere of the War Requiem there.
Mary, Were the glass engravings in the West Window at that time?  Not a great photo, but tries to convey everything about them. Here is the artist John Hutton working on them  |
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« Reply #13 on: 21:31:41, 27-03-2008 » |
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Strange day today, down south. Snow showers, then followed by a lovely sprin g day. Took MrsBBM out for dinner.
BTW, Ive always a soft spot for York Minster. Basically becuase of strong family connection there. The Rose Window, I juust cant get over how lovely that looks.
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« Reply #14 on: 21:45:38, 27-03-2008 » |
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John - yes, I do remember the glass engravings. I'm not actually sure what date I went, but early 60s sometime. There was a tremendous sense of resurrection after the war, and all things modern were welcome then. My parents were just as interested as I was.
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