tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post5112913972167655689..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: Dundry churchDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-42445356190676951482010-10-29T11:03:14.670+01:002010-10-29T11:03:14.670+01:00Doh, I just realised I could listen to BB7 in the ...Doh, I just realised I could listen to BB7 in the computer...Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-82358097756771577322010-10-22T06:19:05.409+01:002010-10-22T06:19:05.409+01:00I've heard the limestone described like that, ...I've heard the limestone described like that, Caroline, and it would be nice to have a go at carving some just to experience it, some time. Though I suppose stonemasonry is not the sort of thing you can easily start in the kitchen.<br /><br />It was a great shame about the mass renovation of churches, wasn't it,Anji? -Visiting a rare church that escaped the ravages brings home just how much was lost in other places... I've just been listening to 'God's Revolution' on BBC7, a long drama about the Englsih Civil War. It was totally brill, and got me reading up on the Levellers...<br /><br />A fair point, Chrissie; I just had this romantic notion, in the days when I wandered around ruins on the Welsh borders, that these places were built to celebrate something higher. But people is people, I guess.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-65516996628787927912010-10-21T09:47:26.572+01:002010-10-21T09:47:26.572+01:00"I'm attached to the little Norman Church..."I'm attached to the little Norman Churches that were in the villages around where I was brought up. "<br /><br />Yes, I know what you mean. Where I used to live, we had a little Norman church in the local town. I was married there. <br /><br />There was certainly nothing ostentatious about that church. It was just built as a place to shelter out of the wind and rain whilst worshipping. <br /><br />chrissie<br />xxxxchrissieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495222190059079697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-80019946021260943882010-10-21T09:39:22.104+01:002010-10-21T09:39:22.104+01:00"An exercise in ostentation rather than piety..."An exercise in ostentation rather than piety."<br /><br />Indeed... <br /><br />but then that puts it in line with a lot of churches and almost all cathedrals, where the prime requirement was to put people in awe of the majesty of the church's wealth and power.<br /><br />Lovely piccie, BTW... :-)<br /><br />chrissie<br />xxxxchrissieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495222190059079697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-72891104275446213822010-10-20T07:11:06.512+01:002010-10-20T07:11:06.512+01:00I'm attached to the little Norman Churches tha...I'm attached to the little Norman Churches that were in the villages around where I was brought up. I remember reading somewhere that the Georgians were fond of pulling anything down that didn't please them aesthetically., especially Norman churches. They didn’t think that fruit was good for children either.<br /><br />I don’t listen to the radio like I used to – I have to concentrate on what I’m doing. Years ago I was listening to Germinal in the dark one night and I was trapped in the mine with them – BBC radio drama is the best in the world.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-13474808256806179802010-10-19T14:34:59.022+01:002010-10-19T14:34:59.022+01:00magic stone, cut it like cheese then it hardens up...magic stone, cut it like cheese then it hardens up in the air. Don't get stuff like that up north where I am.<br /><br />Caroline xxxCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-16890128252491364372010-10-19T13:17:20.419+01:002010-10-19T13:17:20.419+01:00Possibly so, though I like to think that sometimes...Possibly so, though I like to think that sometimes they were built to celebrate the glory of their God... the piety sort of rubs off on the place after enough centuries have passed... but here, the church building itself seems to be almost an afterthought. <br /><br />Yes, it is a bit hat-like, isn't it? I wonder if there's a hat pin up there somewhere to stop it blowing away...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-61211264965665648182010-10-19T11:43:20.249+01:002010-10-19T11:43:20.249+01:00Weren't a lot of churches "An exercise in...Weren't a lot of churches "An exercise in ostentation rather than piety"? Wasn't that sort of the point of all those high spires and soaring arches? <br />I think I like the parapet. It looks like it's wearing a crown.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.com