51 quirky features of Norwich Cathedral that you can go and find
I have always loved Norwich Cathedral as it is stunning and wonderfully atmospheric. I also love it because it is loaded with a hotchpotch of history which is not surprising, as its foundations were laid in 1096. This post is the 'fruit' of about two years of reading everything I could lay my hands on about the cathedral. Everything included here, you can go and see for yourself. 1) The Elizabethan grave of Thomas Gooding Thomas was a mason of the cathedral. He paid a fair amount of money to be buried upright because he believed this would give him an advantage come judgement day. At the base of his memorial is a memento mori: a poignantly death-focused inscription, typical of its time. 'All you that do this pass bye Remember death for you must dye As you are now even so was I And as I am so shall you be Thomas Gooding here do staye Wayting for God's judgement day' If you look at the skeleton, you will see there is poor knowledge of anatomy. 2) T...
That's a robot worthy of a starring role in Dr Who. I see a glorious future for your golden mechanoid.
ReplyDeleteMy god, that's incredible. It's like a non-irritating C3PO with a soul.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have six year old son too :)
x Robyn
What a fine robot! Does it do gardening?
ReplyDeletePositively overflowing with personality!
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that is a beautiful robot. What's his name?
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Jonathan - what you can't tell from the photo is it's 202 feet tall. It wouldn't even fit in the tardis. It could therefore probably only be in one episode. Hardly a future. Sad. We should have built it smaller.
ReplyDeleteEric - there you go again, making me laugh at your quirkiness.
Robyn - Thank you. The world could never have too many 6 year old boys!
Codgi - it does everything. Our lives have been transformed. We no longer have to do jobs we don't like.
Pearl - yes he's getting a bit cheeky now he's used to us and feels he's now part of the family.
Clipster - of all the names he could have had - he settled with Robotty. Slightly inside the box.
I'll have five, please.
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