51 quirky features of Norwich Cathedral that you can go and find
I have always loved Norwich Cathedral as it is beautiful and atmospheric. But it turns out that it is also loaded with a hotchpotch of history as building started in 1096. The more I learn about it, the more fascinated I become. So here are my recommendations for what to look out for should you ever visit the cathedral. 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 typical of its time, poignantly death-focused inscription: '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) The grave of the baby that died before she was born . I have been told that this is be...
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!
ReplyDeletePearl
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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