In a message dated 31/08/00 19:05:04 GMT Daylight Time, ... What? I have yet to find this church locked during "normal" hours! By the way everyone - are you...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 1, 2000 5:05 pm
eGroups -> Churchcrawling -> Files -> Various -> skil.jpg The interior of South Kilworth, Leicestershire as it is now and as it was before the Victorian...
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John Hawes
johnhawes@...
Sep 1, 2000 5:20 pm
Nothing in the C of E is as simple as it seems. Neil is quite right when he says that it has never made up its mind on the catholic/protestant issue, although...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:21 pm
You all keep saying, "The Cof E has never made up its mind whether it is Catholic or Protestant..." Is that really necessary? Doesn't the C of E deliberately...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 1, 2000 8:23 pm
... it is Catholic or Protestant..." Is that really necessary Well, I don't keep saying it Les :-) To my atheist's eye a communion table and an altar are...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 1, 2000 8:27 pm
... weekend? (Sept ... Business as usual here. I was thinking of going to Northampton as nearly all the churches there will be open (according to the Web Site ...
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Churchcrawling@egroup...
Sep 1, 2000 8:37 pm
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the Churchcrawling group: Where did you hear about the Churchcrawling discussion group? o From a search...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 1, 2000 8:45 pm
Talking to my mum on the 'phone tonight and she tells me that Ely Cathedral charges GBP3.50 for entry! I seem to recall it being free (with a contribution...
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Neil Marchant
nmbr20601@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:35 pm
Yes, I agree with you good Doctor, that in today's society the difference between protestant and catholic is largly academic and that as church crawlers our...
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Neil Marchant
nmbr20601@...
Sep 1, 2000 9:38 pm
Hi there Phil should be around on the 16th - Frenchay Unitarian is also open too. Meet up at some point? Also see if we can get the vicar at All Hallows to let...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:49 pm
Why can't people just get on with what they are most comfortable with instead of trying to create a bland uniformity that everyone has to conform to all the...
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Sharon
centans@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:59 am
I checked with a Roman Catholic friar. It seems an altar is used when it is believed that a sacrifice is taking place, as in the Catholic church which offers...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Sep 2, 2000 3:04 am
As I recall our visit to St. Paul's cathedrall, London, you didn't have to pay admission if you were attending a worship service, like evening prayer. But...
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Mark Savage
xeg19@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:56 am
... when ... church ... the ... Thank you Sharon for clarifying this for us. I must admit as someone committed to Christian unity with diversity, I do find...
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Mark Savage
xeg19@...
Sep 2, 2000 8:04 am
... have to pay admission if you were attending a worship service, like evening prayer. But that was 16 years ago. It may have changed.---Les Sorry to...
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peterjamesscott@...
Sep 2, 2000 8:14 am
Possible solution which could be appropriate to some city churches. St Matthews Brixton in South London is a classical church with a western portico and the...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:08 am
Mark savage: That's a great response, Mark. Dead On. It really doesn't matter which you have sitting up there, to judge the building as church architecture,...
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John Salmon
j.r.salmon@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:12 am
I'm afraid I totally disagree with you all about the charges that are levied to enter Cathedrals. I approve of the charges as the average tourist would ...
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Winifred Center
wcenter@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:15 am
I don't know how the rest of you feel but I refuse to go into a church where a demand for entry payment is made. Well, when you are close you can afford to...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:58 pm
... wrote: Good - we have someone to take the opposing view. ... are levied ... tourist would ... very ... That is false logic. My mum did not go into Ely...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 2, 2000 6:40 pm
Catshill - Commissioners type church. In need of some rather drastic repointing and general repairs - it certainly hasn't lasted very well seeing as it is only...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:31 pm
Here are the latest statistics (70% of the county visited so far): open: 54% key info: 13% locked: 33% Unfortunately, of those that are locked a large...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:51 pm
Having done some tallying I now see that I've passed the 55,000 images mark. Indeed, in the last 8 months I've taken just slightly less than the total number I...
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Aidan
aidan.semmens@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:32 pm
On the subject of humour in churches, I can think of a number of lovely examples in grotesques, corbels and headstops which must be tongue-in-cheek portraits...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:38 pm
eGroups -> Churchcrawling -> Files -> Various -> rom.jpg http://www.egroups.com/files/Churchcrawling/Various/rom.jpg Tympanum showing Christ in Majesty....
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Aidan
aidan.semmens@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:53 pm
Hi Doris - So how did you like my patch? Westhall is actually my favourite church, but I have to say you were pretty lucky to get in first go. I'm interested...
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Neil Marchant
nmbr20601@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:31 pm
HI Doctor I should be around next sat for some more crawling - Neil...
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Neil Marchant
nmbr20601@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:38 pm
I agree with the essensce of what you said Mark. My point really is not so much looking from personal faith but from an architechtural/historical viewpoint. If...
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Neil Marchant
nmbr20601@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:46 pm
Did anyone read the good news in the Times about Holy Trinity Sloane street. This very very important church John Sedding of 1888 in Chelsea was visited by...
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Doctor Digi
digiatlas@...
Sep 3, 2000 6:41 am
... Perhaps the government should have spent money and bought a clutch of churches rather than building that stupid Dome... doctor digi PS: Neil - see you in...
