The newspapers are all abuzz. “This has been an unprecedented day for the monarchy”, writes one. “Now the Royal family faces the darkest moment in its modern history.”
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St Mary's Church at Thornthwaite in Cumbria is rather remote and somewhat hidden by the many twisted and gnarled old yews which attempt to shield it from view. When we arrived, a couple of central Europeans were employed in mending or servicing the organ, so the lights were on and the doors unlocked. Indeed, the lighting made it feel warm even if our bodies begged to differ.
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Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, ordered loads of badges with ‘I Hate Elvis’ printed on them. These were to sell to all the people in a given town who were not purchasing the Elvis merchandise. He therefore profited from both fans and non-fans. Clever.
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Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel is in a sorry state. It was built in 1880 to replace an earlier structure from 1838. Of the first chapel, its leaders commented:
“Since the opening our congregations have been great beyond our most sanguine expectations”
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A box-worth of song booklets has come to light. Salem Chapel, like many others, succumbed to the temptation to produce its own hymn booklets ‘for special services’. I flicked through and did not notice anything particularly notable. Judging by the printing fonts and cheap paper, it was made in the 1930s-1950s, or the sixties at a push.
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