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Southwick Cathederal yesterday

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Formerly the church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie and has been a place of worship for over a thousand years, it became a Cathederal in 1905. The church had close connections with Elizabethan dramatists, William Shakespeare's brother Edmund is buried there and there is a monument and stained glass window in honour of Shakespeare (photos). Maybe Interesting to our American friends, John Harvard, who helped found Harvard University, was born in the parish and baptised in the church and has a Harvard chapel to commemorate him in the Cathederal paid for by Harvard Uuniversity. There is a lot more history but would take all day! 🙂

The last photo is the escalator dow to London Bridge tube, I see no people!!.

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Who is the reclining figure top right? Looks a little provocative for a cathedral?!

Love the stained glass window, with all the gents wearing their shorts over their tights!! Funny how some fashions come back and not others! ;) xx

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toleo60

That's Shakespeare!, and the stained glass window depicts some of his plays.xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

I thought it commemorated Jacob Rees-Mogg lounging in the Commons .... ... My bad, as they say!

Lovely stained glass window.

The escalator reminds me of the Paddington film - dogs must be carried - I hope you found one to carry Bazzak!

🙂🌸

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springcross in reply toMarnie22

Yes it does look like that, well spotted! 😁😁

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply tospringcross

Springross, don't encourage her!🙉😊xx

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springcross in reply toBazzak

😮😮 Who me? 😇

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Right that's it, you can join the other two of my nemasises, I won't name them that wouldn't be fair!.😉

Three older ladies were discussing the travails of getting older. Leo60 said, Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand in front of the refrigerator and can't remember whether I need to put it away or start making a sandwich. Marnie22 chimed in, Yes, sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs and can't remember whether I am on my way up or on my way down.

Springross responded, Well, I'm glad I don't have that problem, knock on wood. She rapped her knuckles on the table, then told them, That must be the door, I'll get it. 😁xx

Friends ??,😘x

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Ooooh, now, you are tempting fate my dear Bazzak. When you least expect it..........💥💥💥💥

😁🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

😘♥️ you know I love you all really!. 😁😁xx ps, don't point the post out to Leo60 she may miss it 🙏xx

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

Not a chance! Just you wait, revenge is a dish best served cold!!

There again, I will probably forget all about it ;) xx

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toleo60

😁xx

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springcross in reply toBazzak

You're a right comedian and story teller aren't you. 😂😂😂

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Marnie22 in reply tospringcross

You're a picture of innocence as far as I can see........😀🌸

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springcross in reply toMarnie22

That I am! 😇

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

🤗🌸

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😁😁😁😁😁🌸

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Marnie22 in reply tospringcross

🙂🌸

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MadBunny in reply toMarnie22

Love the rees mogg comment👍

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😀🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMadBunny

I was going to include you on the the three ladies joke, but I decided mad by name mad by nature!. So I let you off. 😁xx

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MadBunny in reply toBazzak

Thank you xxx😊

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♥️x

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

Creep! xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Crawler! 😅🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

You know me so well. Xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

😅🌸

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PatsyIpswich

I love your walks .. I commuted from Essex to you city most of my working life and spent many lunch hour and weekend exploring.. some of your info is new to me or forgotten then recalled. All out of reach for me for many years now. X

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RoadRunner44

Those photos are so interesting as you add those little gems of history Bazzak. Particularly the one about oJohn Havard.. As you say, our American friends will find that so interesting too. Amazing, the lack of people on the escalators. Must be very weird and strange.

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Zest

Hi Bazzak

That is lovely - lots of history there, and a beautiful stained glass window.

Zest :-)

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toZest

Thank you, but I would rather be walking where you live, you lucky lady 🙂♥️x

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springcross

I love stained glass windows, thanks for sharing.

What an odd picture of that escalator indeed Bazzak! Great pics and great history lesson, as always! 👍😊🌈

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It really was just me!, maybe because the entrance was in Borough High street rather than London Bridge station itself, I don't know but it was strange. 🙂xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Must be an X-File! Cue theme tune, (which I have as my ringtone!)

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

I have I'm forever blowing bubbles 🙂x

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Are you a West Ham supporter? 😁🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

Afraid so, my dad was a professional for them in 1930. He got banned for life, but that is another story 😁😁🏐x

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Wow! When I was growing up, my brother was a Chelsea supporter, so I took to supporting West Ham just to annoy him!😁🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

I love you even more !!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️😁x

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Is that actually possible??!! 😁😁😁😁🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

Probably not!😁😁😁x

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😁🌸

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

Geoff Hurst. 💜🌸 In black and white on the TV.

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toMarnie22

Yes, played football at school with Frank Lampard senior. Xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

You have a lot of interesting stuff to tell. 🙂🌸 I met a Womble who was opening a branch of Top Shop in Richmond upon Thames, does that count? And I used to work for the Dimbleby family in Richmond.

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Tell you what I found wierd, now my sir name, there are probably 15 max 20 people in the UK with it and we are all related. So I go to secondary school, first day there , the sports teacher said your dad played for West Ham In goal, and promptly stuck me in goal even though I was an outfield player. It got worse, the Headmaster told me that my great uncle was once the Headmaster of the school and he was a teacher under him. Did they have high expectations of me!! 🙉🙉xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

You are part of an actual dynasty! 😌🌸

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No ,German merchant seaman who who died when his ship was torpedoed in 1916, and left two sons, one my grandad and one my great uncle.

Sorry you dont need to know any of this.

🤔

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

I wish my teachers had acted on my surname at school ……….. it was GINN!! xx

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😁x

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OOOOOH! Do tell …… xx

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toleo60

Serious?

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

What about Ginn or telling why your dad was banned for life? ;) xx

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Right, 1930, my dad was 17 and a professional goal keeper at West Ham. Now the main Goalkeeper was Ted Hufton who played for England and the second was a 30 year old in the twilight of his career, dad was being set up to take over. Then they didn't have youth teams etc so my dad wasn't getting game time. So West Ham decided to loan him out to Barking fc, an amateur club, Barking loved him so much that they were putting extra money in his boots ( literally) to keep him. The football association found out and because he was a professional and Barking amateur he got banned sine die, which mean for life. To be fair to the chairman of West Ham, he looked after him by paying him to play for his factory team ( big crowds then) even though he didn't work for them!. My dad was a great character, his war stories ( desert rats) were amazing to listen to.

I have a photo of him in the West Ham team, if you like I will post it for a little while.

Sorry a bit long xx

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

Wow! Very intriguing! What a story 😯 How times change eh?! Good of WH to look after him tho. Thank you for sharing xxx😘😘😘

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Activity2004

Wonderful pictures and information, Bazzak ! :-) Really enjoy seeing the stained glass window and the escalator looks like the ones we have at the Metro out here. Not too sure how many people are using them right now during the week, but not too many during the weekends for now, anyway. :-)

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Marnie22

Have you seen/heard about St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire? Amazing place in a tiny little city.

Wells Cathedral in Somerset is fab.

🙂🌸

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Been to them both, and both are beautiful Cathedrals, and both cities are so small but beautiful in there own ways.xx

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Marnie22 in reply toBazzak

What a well travelled person! I went to an incredible concert in St. David's Cathedral. It was Karl Jenkins conducting 'The Armed Man,' plus some of his other pieces. Just then, when I was typing in, 'The Armed Man,' it came up as, 'The Armed NAN!' That's a very different cultural experience! 😁🌸

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😁xx

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leo60 in reply toBazzak

Yup me too, gorgeous xx

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Stunning stained window, love the history. The empty escalator looks like a scene from American Werewolf in London. 😁😁

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😁x

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Marnie22

😀🌸

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footgo

Thank you Barry for these very interesting photographs and copy, an amazing place to visit, so much to see and learn about there.

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