Ramsgate St George, Father Christmas and the repair

As you can probably see the scaffolding has gone up to straighten out the bent pinnacle at the top of of Ramsgate's Boston Stump.

  This was the pinnacle that was bent when - as any child knows - Father Christmas's sleigh collided with the flag pole in December 2013

 turning this into

this, note the bent pinnacle

And here are the pictures of the books that went out in my bookshop yesterday http://michaelsbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/new-acquisitions-in-bookshop.html

Art Exhibition in St Georges Church Ramsgate

I am sorry I was a bit late posting this one, the exhibition runs until Sunday 11 am to 5 pm Friday and Saturday and 12 to 4 on Sunday click on the link for the pictures of the pictures and the church, more to follow when I get there http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/laptop710/id6.htm

Here are the rest of the pictures as promised http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/laptop710/id7.htm

Coffins in St Georges Crypt

My children have been complaining that both my blog posts and pictures have been a bit boring recently, so this is one for them.

The church I don’t attend is St Georges in Ramsgate, I certainly wouldn’t not go to any other church, it is a gem of a Regency church pretty much completely in tact.

One unusual feature is that it still has coffins in the vaults in the crypt, so here are the pictures.

I will enhance and publish some more pictures later, as you can imagine the light wasn’t ideal for photography.

Due to modern health and safety regulations, mostly relating to the asbestos used on the old central heating system, children are now not allowed in the crypt.

At one time this was their favourite part of the church, most especially the small coffins containing the bodies of dead children.

Click on the link for the pictures http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/laptop710/id4.htm

By way of explanation here to any adults who my stumble upon this post by mistake and not understand it, this is very much about children being very much aware that they are mortal and can die like the rest of us, but there is very little about to show them that they will get the same treatment as adults if they do. Proper coffin, buried with their relations and so on.

Here are the rest of the pictures as promised http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/laptop710/id5.htm