Message from a friend in response to my query abut the accuracy of my memory of Leonard Chapel, in Fort Worth, TX.---Les ...I think your memory is quite...
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Doris Howe
dorisandharry.howe@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:36 pm
Hello from a "raining cats and dogs" Suffolk- again! I have been reading with great interest the pet hates etc., Barsham had a Flower Festival a couple of...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 1, 2000 11:50 pm
Doris wrote: there was a Doll Fair-first time ever-in Norwich on the Sunday and the Astra took four of we collectors I am a doll collector too, Doris. What...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 2, 2000 2:44 am
Jo: We collect them too. Not really dolls, but small figure sculptures. Win can't resist a small doll sculpture---particularly religious themes, Saints,...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:33 pm
eGroups -> Churchcrawling -> Files -> Various -> wickhampford.jpg The amazing double monument to Sir Samuel & his son Sir Edwyn Sandys (both died 1626) and...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:55 pm
eGroups -> Churchcrawling -> Files -> Various -> bengeworth.jpg St Peter's, Bengeworth. Built in 1870-2 at a cost of 3550 pounds. This is the interior looking...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 2, 2000 9:09 pm
... the sheep ... Hi Andy. Yes, that one took me ages to do (well over 2 hours). The monument with the hussar is quite unusual. Only two things spoilt this...
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John Salmon
j.r.salmon@...
Jul 2, 2000 9:42 pm
I love visiting churches dedicated to unusual saints. They have an added fascination. Yesterday I went on a church tour with a local bell ringing group. We...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:15 pm
... ladies present company excepted - who visit wonderful Norman churches but then marvel at the lovely hassocks! Unbeleivable. But why is this an annoyance? I...
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Doris Howe
dorisandharry.howe@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:22 pm
This Doris is not old, neither does she take kindly to her name being misused and included in a paragraph using three "B"s, which words from her sons would...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 2, 2000 11:06 pm
John said: There are some very interesting Saxon sculpture in the church. Did you take any pictures of the Saxon sculpture? I am also interested in Saxon...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:46 am
No trip to Dallas... I have an I-don't-want-to-leave-my-mechanic car, Les...so I don't go any further from home than the job requires, unfortunately. Have been...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:35 am
Doris: Sometimes (and this is one of them) I'm glad I don't understand English English. There are lots of things you all write that go right by me. There...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:49 am
Jo: I certainly didn't mean to imply you should run up to Dallas to see an exhibit that might or might not be on. I was just asking if you had seen it. If we...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:44 am
Les said: didn't mean to imply you should run up to Dallas Oh, but I would like to, or to San Antonio, or whereever... there are some interesting shows out...
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peacock skirt
esoca@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:45 am
... Most of them I was able to figure out but the sticklebricks keep me puzzled, too. And cheer up Doris! From your lively messages it seems to me you can do...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:54 am
I know I'm not supposed to attach the whole message... but I'd leave out so little, hacking it up is hardly worth it... for I am as puzzled as Les about your...
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Mark Savage
xeg19@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:44 am
If it's any consolation, Win, even Brits themselves don't understand all our colloquialisms, particularly local ones. I'm not too clear what Sticklebricks are...
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CaptOates@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:22 am
First, apologies to Mrs Howe (I'd no idea we had a Doris amongst us). To those of you weaned on the Vulgate let me explain. 'Doris' is a generic term coming...
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Doris Howe
dorisandharry.howe@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:36 pm
Right! Bastards, Buggers and Bleeding. Not terms (epithets) used in polite society. ( I suggest Cap'n Oates looks up the definitions of these words..) Blue...
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Sharon
centans@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:08 pm
Hi Folks, I have put together a history website for St. Aloysius Church in Cheektowaga, NY. with the help of Joe Hayden and Kathy Kovalek. Please see: ...
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Jo Birch
jobirch@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:40 pm
Tho far from New York I enjoyed what you have put together. I like the personal touch... and do hope you get more information about/from classmates and...
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John Salmon
j.r.salmon@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:33 pm
Hi Jo Yes I generally take photos of Saxon sculpture John ... From: Jo Birch <jobirch@...> To: <Churchcrawling@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 4:05...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:45 pm
Doris: It took quite a few books, but I finally figured out what "Buggering" meant. "Blue rinses," I should have gotten. I can understand your objection to...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:10 pm
So what on earth do you call them in the US, i.e who dominates the market there? Bic now owns biro, and they are also known for the disposable razor. Bic's...
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Nicola & Andy
culey@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:14 pm
Oops missed those, will have to go back for another look - what a shame!! Tell me more.... Church was open when we visited although this may have been due to...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:18 pm
Have you seen the movie, "Patriot"? I truly would recommend it. In fact it's worth seeing a second time.---jo No, not yet. The critics panned it, but I'll...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:08 pm
... an event ... Not a great deal to tell :-) There is a photo of one of the monuments in the Files section of the Churchcrawler archive (one of the best...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:47 pm
I shall be watching for Pet Hates in future - it's a bad omen for me. More on this later. Today I did some more of Worcestershire. I've done about 15% of the ...
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CaptOates@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:52 pm
I've read Mrs Howe's grown up tirade and as I leave this particular list thought I'd just correct a couple of her platitudes. 'Bastard' is not a 'nice' word...
