Out walking yesterday morning, at 10:55 we prepared to stop for a moment

[7sisters]

and noticed that we were by a church. In we crept, had a lovely sing song and a bit of a pray, you know how you do. It was all so very timelessly English that I wept a little. Well, quite a lot, really.

A nice old lady gave me a hymn book when 'Jerusalem' started. I almost punched her. Which Englishman needs a hymn book to sing Jerusalem, ffs!

There was a lovely bit with a transer, as well.

I might convert to Proddism.

You’re just getting older and more sentimental C. The coffin dodgers have welcomed you in to the fold. The inglenook’s burning brightly, while the Aga is warming the loaves, so to speak.
Why, you’ll soon be blubbing away at anything remotely upsetting on the tele, or at those little moments that signal the passages of time...

[Burney]

You’re just getting older and more sentimental C. The coffin dodgers have welcomed you in to the fold. The inglenook’s burning brightly, while the Aga is warming the loaves, so to speak.
Why, you’ll soon be blubbing away at anything remotely upsetting on the tele, or at those little moments that signal the passages of time...

Do you know, this post has made me realised I've no idea what the word 'inglenook' actually means?

I could google it, but I'm afraid it would ruin the mystery. I think I prefer ignorance.

'Inglenook'. It's just lovely to say, isn't it?

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Do you know, this post has made me realised I've no idea what the word 'inglenook' actually means?

I could google it, but I'm afraid it would ruin the mystery. I think I prefer ignorance.

'Inglenook'. It's just lovely to say, isn't it?

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[Burney]

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Then why would it be burning brigh... NO, DON'T ANSWER THAT!

[WES]

I paid my respects here:

Charterhouse chapel.jpg

Lord it would be nice if English hymns had some kind of rhythm or tune to them, it's torture trying to figure out how you match the words to the drone of the organ music.

[Burney]

I paid my respects here:

Charterhouse chapel.jpg

Lord it would be nice if English hymns had some kind of rhythm or tune to them, it's torture trying to figure out how you match the words to the drone of the organ music.

As ever, you are without taste or discernment.

I have a deep love of C of E hymns and still find myself humming things like 'Oh, God Our Help in Ages Past', 'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind', 'Immortal, Invisible', 'Now Thank We All Our God' and 'Oh, worship the King, all glorious above'. They're embedded in my unconscious.

And that's before you get on to classics like Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee My Country, which are great, great songs.

If you want truly bad religious songs, try the awful dirges masquerading as 'hymns' in a Catholic service. Fùck me, they're bad.

[WES]

As ever, you are without taste or discernment.

I have a deep love of C of E hymns and still find myself humming things like 'Oh, God Our Help in Ages Past', 'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind', 'Immortal, Invisible', 'Now Thank We All Our God' and 'Oh, worship the King, all glorious above'. They're embedded in my unconscious.

And that's before you get on to classics like Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee My Country, which are great, great songs.

If you want truly bad religious songs, try the awful dirges masquerading as 'hymns' in a Catholic service. Fùck me, they're bad.

Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee My Country actually have a tune to them and you can imagine them being emotional to those raised in the UK who are into that sort of thing i.e. not Jorge and those of his ilk.

But some of the hymns last night were virtually impossible to actually sing. You'll get to where you think you know the tune is going, then look and realize there is one four syllable word left yet a load of notes remain, so they then stretch the one word out over all these notes so that it lasts about 5 seconds.

Nope, too much nonsense musically. And one of them was in Latin!

[Burney]

Jerusalem and I Vow To Thee My Country actually have a tune to them and you can imagine them being emotional to those raised in the UK who are into that sort of thing i.e. not Jorge and those of his ilk.

But some of the hymns last night were virtually impossible to actually sing. You'll get to where you think you know the tune is going, then look and realize there is one four syllable word left yet a load of notes remain, so they then stretch the one word out over all these notes so that it lasts about 5 seconds.

Nope, too much nonsense musically. And one of them was in Latin!

For all I know, since they let chicks masquerade as priests, the C of E hymns have probably gone to hell in a handcart, too. Probably modern shít about cuddling African babies or something.

[WES]

For all I know, since they let chicks masquerade as priests, the C of E hymns have probably gone to hell in a handcart, too. Probably modern shít about cuddling African babies or something.

I did smile when the priest started on the usual 'we must love and protect all our fellow man' sort of thing. It started off with the usual 'let's love and protect the poor, the hungry and the disabled; those suffering from mental health issues and who are persecuted as a result of race, colour and trans sexuality...'

[Burney]

I did smile when the priest started on the usual 'we must love and protect all our fellow man' sort of thing. It started off with the usual 'let's love and protect the poor, the hungry and the disabled; those suffering from mental health issues and who are persecuted as a result of race, colour and trans sexuality...'

You should have stormed out, loudly protesting that you found the gendered use of the term 'man' very problematic and transphobic.

I do like the separation of ' those suffering from mental health issues' and the transers. Pretty sure there's some serious overlap in that Venn diagram.