tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7944028759305638515..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: End of an eraStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75967696390657738692013-09-03T08:02:31.381+01:002013-09-03T08:02:31.381+01:00Just to let you know that St Cross will be open to...Just to let you know that St Cross will be open to the public 14-15 Sept 2013 (12-4 both days) as part of Oxford Open Doors for the 3rd time, and joining in the OHCT's Ride & Stride event (same date) for the first time this year. Come by and say hello! There will also be public opening hours at the church for a major Balliol exhibition http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/domus-scholarium-de-balliolo-1263-2013 and the patronal feast will be celebrated in the chancel - as it has the last 2 years - *I think* on the 16th, translated from the 14th, but that hasn't been confirmed, so check with St Mary's (University Church) office to make sure.Peacocks and Sunflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915384347467690635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11387544968898197862008-10-18T11:17:00.000+01:002008-10-18T11:17:00.000+01:00What wonderful pictures. How sad the Church is not...What wonderful pictures. How sad the Church is not to be used as such anymore. I had no idea (did the Oxford Times feature this?)The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77589230553877406202008-10-16T21:12:00.000+01:002008-10-16T21:12:00.000+01:00Simon - take heart from the fact that it will be u...Simon - take heart from the fact that it will be used by people who will care for the building and treat it with respect. It could have been worse - it could have been demolished or, even worse, turned into an All Bar One. Yes it has happened..<BR/><BR/>a lovely post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-49179243824774583282008-10-16T09:39:00.000+01:002008-10-16T09:39:00.000+01:00What a lovely, sad post, Simon, but how wonderful ...What a lovely, sad post, Simon, but how wonderful that you could be there to say goodbye. I don't think eating lunch in graveyards at all odd, but then I am an offspring of clergy too. In fact, with the new babe my preferred route down to town is now through the Canterbury graveyard (all two city blocks of it) rather than on the noisy and bumpily pavemented main road. Let's hope that whatever happens to the building, you will still be able to enjoy the grounds.equianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13259340054005982291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35835751332658373572008-10-16T01:23:00.000+01:002008-10-16T01:23:00.000+01:00It is very sad to hear of another church's decline...It is very sad to hear of another church's decline. Particularly when this one had such a vibrant history. Have they decided what they are going to do with the building? When one of our local churches was forced to close our church converted the building into a youth centre.Mrs of the Regimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545808021114833824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56911561057638463662008-10-14T13:58:00.000+01:002008-10-14T13:58:00.000+01:00It sounds like a lovely church - full of love and ...It sounds like a lovely church - full of love and special memories that span the centuries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53021578346382779622008-10-14T10:27:00.000+01:002008-10-14T10:27:00.000+01:00Thanks for writing about this; I didn't know it wa...Thanks for writing about this; I didn't know it was going to happen.<BR/>I'm glad the building will still be there - it always seems such a lovely contrast to all the things that have grown up around it, and a reminder of what that part of Oxford would have been like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com