Canterbury, home of the dead St. Augustine and the dead Thomas Becket, among others. Hey, it was a church and it had dead people in it, right? Right! Well, so what's the big stink about, you ask! Well, back in the late 6th Century (587AD and the like), Augustine was the one that was attempting to bring Christianity back to the English Isles after the Romans had left it and it had reverted back to its rural routes with Druids and Faeryies and the like still rompin' and a- roamin' through the tulips, etc. He was a good man! Then later on we hit the Thomas Becket who was martyr'd and saint'd and all sorts of wonderful things that I don't totally understand all the veneration for him. This was a man who had initially worked very hard for the King to make sure that every man was regarded as equal in the eyes of the law, and but when raised to the position of Archbishop totally went the other way and wanted absolute privilege for the church and its people. Which must have really raised the old eyebrows of King Henry II who used to consider Thomas his best friend and even allowed him to raise his son (King John of Magna Carta disfame) at his manor house, as was the custom at those times! I'm sure this last little ditty will generate some email in my direction, so bring it on, I wish to be informed!
The Cathedral of Canterbury (it's like really big!)
Are ye catching ye blue blue sky? Yup, another good day!
Nativity scene, for the Sherwood Park people, please
notice the lack of the Christmas elk or moose in the
diorama
The nave, it is as huge as you think it is!
The lectern, pretty, no?
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