I once served as a juror and it was a poor experience. Magistrates were previously exempted, but this rule was relaxed, and so I was called up. The case was straight forward, I thought, but some of my fellow jurors were not the sharpest knives in the draw, and rather peculiar arguments were presented. In the end we all agreed, and I, the foreman, duly announced our verdict.
Bishop Street Methodist Church in Leicester calls its architecture Regency (1815), which is a neat term for later Georgian. Its symmetry and use of straight lines I find rather attractive and is much better style for chapels than gothic revival which later Victorians preferred, with all its pointed arches and unnecessary towers.
Connected to Hereford Cathedral is a chained library. In the days when books were far rarer and more valuable than today, it behoved institutions and their librarians to chain the books to the shelves, allowing perusal but not ‘borrowing’. Thanks to the old Deans’ fixation on security, we have an interesting collection of ancient books at the heart of one of our finest cathedrals.
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Salem Chapel, Martin Top
near Rimington, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4EG
Salem Congregational Chapel is a registered charity No. 252401 (England & Wales)
Sunday Worship 10.45am & 6.00pm