tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1629676138777227619..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Going to Church, Going to School - by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5837854670253280332013-01-21T18:33:41.897+00:002013-01-21T18:33:41.897+00:00Thank you all! I thought you would all be word fan...Thank you all! I thought you would all be word fans. Yes, Julia more time in Suffolk sounds like a good plan. My father used to take his mother on coastal tours when she was getting old, he talks about those times with great pleasure. <br />Yup, Mary I suspect I meant choirstalls rather than pews. I've got plenty to learn, but its enormous fun.Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18918193514570273342013-01-21T16:39:14.948+00:002013-01-21T16:39:14.948+00:00What a fabulous idea Julia! What a fabulous idea Julia! Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86197152712674364152013-01-21T15:02:02.110+00:002013-01-21T15:02:02.110+00:00You could make a resolution to spend more time in ...You could make a resolution to spend more time in Suffolk - as a 2 for 1 deal. My bro Nick gave our mildly demented (actually not always so mildly ...) mother a guide to Suffolk churches for Christmas with the undertaking that he and I would take her to them throughout the year. We've done three so far and it's tremendous success as the feeling of being in a church is both familiar to her and thus reassuring but also a wonder and an adventure.<br /> julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62524439053836283342013-01-21T14:43:43.954+00:002013-01-21T14:43:43.954+00:00Lovely post...I love churches too. And cathedrals...Lovely post...I love churches too. And cathedrals. Watch this space, as they say!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82351101404030003612013-01-21T12:18:11.058+00:002013-01-21T12:18:11.058+00:00This is one of many similar books on Amazon (sorry...This is one of many similar books on Amazon (sorry about them - you could borrow it from a library or buy from an independant): http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Read-Church-Meanings-Cathedrals/dp/1844130533/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358770534&sr=1-1<br /><br />Lovely post and I feel the same about old churches. But I thought "pews" were a very late invention? (As opposed to choirstalls).Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45211576054709516102013-01-21T10:45:26.562+00:002013-01-21T10:45:26.562+00:00Such lovely words - almost like sweets in the mout...Such lovely words - almost like sweets in the mouth.<br /><br />This is a pointed reminder (at least, to me) to go into those churches one passes on various travels, and not think "Ah yes, next time." Thamk you, Imogen.<br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12243530108972512032013-01-21T09:51:13.481+00:002013-01-21T09:51:13.481+00:00This chimes so much with my experiences Imogen. Wo...This chimes so much with my experiences Imogen. Words like crocketting and clerestory need to be said aloud and I loved your expression 'to read a church'Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.com