Clerk in holy orders. Views my own. Bibliophile, lover of history, church crawler. Offers unwanted theological & ecclesiastical advice to Corrie & Emmerdale.
Joined November 2009
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Jun 15
The Church of England will never halt the decline until it stops the following:
1. Making Churchwarden two words
2. Revd Christian Name
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Jun 14
Great sermon tonight from @simonjveardley at evensong, challenging us with the five 'demons' of today.
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Jun 11
Point four of my strategy: If the Church of England were to fail, it would still be found in this parish. (q.v. Keble).
Jun 11
It’s just a constant round of things seemingly designed to discourage anyone with a heart, a soul or a brain from staying. All of which makes me more determined to never leave and be as awkward as possible.
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Apr 14
Thanks to @Docstockk for this considered, thoroughly learned, and yet accessible book. A demolition job on the dystopian future that is being proposed to us. Keep raging.
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19 May 2025
An evening of farewell and thanks to the Lord Mayor of Chester, and a look round the Lord Mayor's Parlour. A portrait of a Sheriff who had 26 children, and @holland_tom book on Aethelflaed.
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12 Apr 2025
I suspect this will appeal more to @holland_tom and not the rational @dcsandbrook but ... King Harold did not die! He escaped to live as a hermit, here in Chester! And if you doubt it, someone even saw his ghost which spoke in Anglo-Saxon! @TheRestHistory chester.shoutwiki.com/wiki/H…
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8 Mar 2025
A huge honour to take this funeral, which brought Handbridge to a standstill.
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18 Nov 2024
The installation at St Mary's Handbridge was a memorable occasion ... then the weather made it even more memorable!
@ChesterDiocese @BirkenheadBish
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14 Sep 2024
The new gig as Rector of St Mary Without-the-Walls, Handbridge. Starting November ...
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5 Jul 2024
Excellent talk at @uochester chapel with @StargazingAleta on the stained glass of Trena Cox for Chester's #Festivalofideas
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28 Feb 2024
Stained glass by Trena Cox, Morris, and I suspect unknown others, at St John's Norley.
@StargazingAleta
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11 Oct 2023
A Pint of Plum Porter, @vinesbighouse, last night, midway with @antSJD, on our post-Evensong progress round some of Liverpool's finest real ale taverns, beginning at Ye Cracke, ending at The Roscoe Head, by way of a very decent milk stout at the @LiverpoolBrew Tap on Lime Street.
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8 Oct 2023
Cycling in Wales is great with the 20mph speed limit: every time you go through a town it's like being a pro and having a team car drag you back to the peloton.
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30 Sep 2023
The marvellous Gresford parish church in the September sun, after I'd just cycled up Griffin Hill.
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30 Sep 2023
The biannual book haul, this one for the natal day, including the top four which I bought myself today.
@RoryStewartUK @wmarybeard @James1940 @sauldavid66 @LauraCummingArt @GeraintThomas86
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28 Sep 2023
I cannot believe that someone has felled the iconic sycamore on Hadrian's Wall.
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