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December 28, 2015

Bradford, West Yorkshire – Cathedral

Bradford is the one Cathedral I have never been to – to be precise, the one English Anglican cathedral I have never been to. We had a free Thursday (19 November), so drove south. We went via the A1, M1, M62, M606 and entered the city from the south. The cathedral is not signposted, but we found the car park for the new Broadway shopping centre. I’m not a great shopper, but survived. Indeed, it was such fun I’ll even include a link to their website! It’s the modern complex on the right of this photo. The Cathedral is not far...
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November 19, 2015

Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire – East End

I hope you enjoyed the West End of this lovely Cathedral in the last blog. Now let’s enjoy the East End of the Cathedral. On the south side of the Quire is the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. The screen and altar rail was made by Leslie Durbin, 1970 – this is the craftsman who made the Stalingrad sword of honour and designed the first £1 coins – would you believe it is over 30 years since pound coins were first introduced (his obituary is aon the Guardian website). The screen combines a striking lightning-bolt motif, with flames symbolizing...
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November 18, 2015

Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire – West End

Ripon Cathedral. SE314712 – website. I have 138 photos – do you remember those days when we went on holiday with one 24 exposure film? Here are a selection of them – it is a lovely Cathedral, and we had a marvellous afternoon there. The Cathedral was founded by St Wilfrid (c 634-709). He bought craftsmen from Europe to build a new stone church on this site, dedicated to St Peter. We will visit the Saxon crypt shortly. The transepts date from late 1100s, with a mixture of rounded Norman arches and later pointed gothic arches. The West Front,...
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June 26, 2015

Carlisle Cathedral (again)

Let’s have a 1925 railway poster to celebrate this return to Carlisle. I last blogged about Carlisle Cathedral in January – it wasn’t much warmer in June! They are now working on the stone work by the south door, but signage makes it very clear that the Cathedral is open and welcoming. I also liked the “Keep calm and come to Evensong” poster. Last time it was too dark for good photos, this time my battery expired. This time I purchased a guidebook, now all I need to do is read it. Enjoy a few more photos. This is the...
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February 26, 2015

Carlisle Cathedral

Monday 26 January 2015, and we had had a drive to the Cumbrian coast. We returned to Carlisle and parked near the Cathedral. We like the city, have visited the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery – website, and some good bookshops. For some reason we have not been into the Cathedral for many years. Their cafe was shut, but we had a good explore of the Cathedral. My photos are not brilliant as it was quite dark. Let me start by quoting Pevsner (my lovely wife bought me the Cumbria and Durham Pevsners for Christmas – I’m sure my...
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January 24, 2015

Sheffield Cathedral

If my maths is right this will be blog 200 – so 200 can celebrate son Harry getting his MA and Sarah getting her MSc from Sheffield University. We will also celebrate that Sheffield Cathedral has its own tram stop. It is amusing that Julie’s disabled pass from Northumberland gets her on a Sheffield tram free, but she has to pay for a ride on a Newcastle metro. Harry has been in Sheffield for over 4 years and we had not been in the Cathedral – this morning, Friday 16 January 2015 (his graduation is in the afternoon), we finally...
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September 23, 2014

Durham Cathedral – photography evening 4 (East end)

Continuing a wonderful evening at Durham Cathedral, it was getting a bit dark to photograph Cuthbert’s Shrine. The Chapel of the Nine Altars, the area at the very east end of the Cathedral, was built between 1242 and 1280 to accommodate many pilgrims. The Nave is Norman, this end is Early English, and bears close resemblance to Salisbury Cathedral – even had the same Bishop, Bishop le Poore. I am confused as to which altar is which. This one is the altar to Margaret of Scotland (1045-1093). The hangings were produced by the Cathedral Broderers in 2005 – they...
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September 23, 2014

Durham Cathedral – photography evening 3 (the South side)

Cathedrals have a wonderful relationship with time. I have served under two Deans – the first was late for everything. He would arrive in the vestry at 5.28 for a 5.30 Evensong (if you were lucky – on one occasion I had got the choir in and we were half way through the Psalm before he arrived). The next Dean expected everyone (clergy and choir) to be stood in silence and prayer at the foot of the Song School steps by 5.25. Durham Cathedral have no excuse for starting anything late! This clock in the South Transept was originally...
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September 19, 2014

Durham Cathedral – photography evening 2 (Chapter House)

Having climbed the tower I needed tea – and they were serving it outside the Chapter House. You may recognise it … Professor McGonagall’s classroom in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002. It was too dark to get a decent photo of the whole room. It is not normally open to the public. There are some details on this website. A Chapter House is called a Chapter House because every day the community would gather to read a chapter of the Rule of St Benedict. It was the finest Norman Chapter House in Europe, until it was partially demolished...
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