And, as if this wasn’t enough excitement for one day, it’s also the 1,026th anniversary of the ‘Translation’ of St Cuthbert — when his MIRACULOUSLY PRESERVED relics were interred in what eventually became Durham Cathedral
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Footnote: Chris Southall was also partly responsible for this unimprovable preview image
sep 4, 2025, 10:43 am • 36 4 • view
Anonymise all you like, but I know an American when I see one. 😁
sep 4, 2025, 11:26 am • 2 0 • view
Haha!
sep 4, 2025, 11:33 am • 1 0 • view
I think, possibly, they failed to read the rest of the thread and took your opening post literally 😬. Anyone would think we were on Threads ...
sep 4, 2025, 11:37 am • 0 0 • view
Ah, possibly. (When I did the ‘pulling the plug out of the canal’ story the other day, I got so many people asking “what happened to the water” that I stopped answering - because that was more polite than asking if they’d thought about maybe reading slightly further and finding out)
sep 4, 2025, 11:41 am • 2 0 • view
It takes nerves of steel to post anything vaguely interesting here. Your followers are grateful for your courage and sacrifice.
sep 4, 2025, 12:00 pm • 2 0 • view
Ha! 🤣 Wot no UFOs?
sep 4, 2025, 11:14 am • 1 0 • view
Was it St Cuthbert who was buried with a book? Oldest surviving (physical) English book, or something of that kind.
sep 4, 2025, 10:56 am • 0 0 • view
Yes, apparently so!
sep 4, 2025, 11:04 am • 1 0 • view
Now, I am thinking of the tiny front room of the Dun Cow on Old Elvet in Durham (where a mate of mine had actual maths tutorials on occasion); they served a decent pint of Castle Eden, but you'd have to manoeuvre around the then landlord's Rhodesian Ridgeback dog to find a seat.
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