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guild chapel \| 12 December, 2006
Interior, Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, December 2006 Holga \| Kodak T400CN Thanks for all the comments from yesterday. Reading them was as much fun as inventing all that baloney. TK's a good sport as well as good company and I thank him for the acknowledgement from his site. From having precious little new stuff this time last week, I now have four rolls to play with and the prospect of a load more when I clear off to lakeland this weekend. One of those rolls I finished today, and talking of acknowledgements, I got one one from a bloke who whacked his shopping bag into me. It was in W H Smiths. It was an apology. A profuse, luvvy's apology. I chimed in that there were no worries. And I wouldn't have interupted my stuff from Bisley to mention it. Only the luvvy was Simon Callow. Yeah, I couldn't remember his name either, but I instantly knew who he was before he opened his mouth. Remember Four Weddings and a Funeral? The guy whose funeral it was? Well that guy was played by Simon Callow. He was in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, (as was I). And he was there because, since the beginning of the month, he's playing Falstaff. Like I said, I couldn't remember the bloke's name so I had to google 'Four Weddings Funeral Cast' to get it, and I clicked about for background. One of my fave entries was from a Feb 1999 G2 (Guardian) interview (Incidentally Callow's in todays G2 about playing Alladin in a Christmas Panto last year). The interview opened or a couple of lines in, it started to look like this: Simon Callow, the actor, takes it upon himself to order a hot beverage. 'I would love a pot of tea,' he says. 'But your weakest, weakest. Earl Grey if you have it. Do you? Oh, you do, bliss. And if you could take the bag out almost immediately. Or is it leaf? It's a bag. Well, if you could whip it out almost as soon as the water has gone in, leaving just the slightest trace. Paul... you're a dear.' See what I mean? Such a luvvy superstar. Somehow pulling a Holga on him would involve oodles of unspeakable bad form. So on with the picture. I spent lunch wandering Stratford. It was bright but with a strong, chill wind. Considering the elements it would have been no surprise if this place had been packed. But it wasn't. Despite the alure of a pipe organ and player I had the place to myself. This is the Guild Chapel. Full name Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross. The chancel of which (and incidentally you're looking at the chancel shot from the east end) dates from 1269. It's one of those rarities. A place that survived the Reformation. This shot ain't 12 hours old.
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guild chapel \| 12 December, 2006
Interior, Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, December 2006 Holga \| Kodak T400CN Thanks for all the comments from yesterday. Reading them was as much fun as inventing all that baloney. TK's a good sport as well as good company and I thank him for the acknowledgement from his site. From having precious little new stuff this time last week, I now have four rolls to play with and the prospect of a load more when I clear off to lakeland this weekend. One of those rolls I finished today, and talking of acknowledgements, I got one one from a bloke who whacked his shopping bag into me. It was in W H Smiths. It was an apology. A profuse, luvvy's apology. I chimed in that there were no worries. And I wouldn't have interupted my stuff from Bisley to mention it. Only the luvvy was Simon Callow. Yeah, I couldn't remember his name either, but I instantly knew who he was before he opened his mouth. Remember Four Weddings and a Funeral? The guy whose funeral it was? Well that guy was played by Simon Callow. He was in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, (as was I). And he was there because, since the beginning of the month, he's playing Falstaff. Like I said, I couldn't remember the bloke's name so I had to google 'Four Weddings Funeral Cast' to get it, and I clicked about for background. One of my fave entries was from a Feb 1999 G2 (Guardian) interview (Incidentally Callow's in todays G2 about playing Alladin in a Christmas Panto last year). The interview opened or a couple of lines in, it started to look like this: Simon Callow, the actor, takes it upon himself to order a hot beverage. 'I would love a pot of tea,' he says. 'But your weakest, weakest. Earl Grey if you have it. Do you? Oh, you do, bliss. And if you could take the bag out almost immediately. Or is it leaf? It's a bag. Well, if you could whip it out almost as soon as the water has gone in, leaving just the slightest trace. Paul... you're a dear.' See what I mean? Such a luvvy superstar. Somehow pulling a Holga on him would involve oodles of unspeakable bad form. So on with the picture. I spent lunch wandering Stratford. It was bright but with a strong, chill wind. Considering the elements it would have been no surprise if this place had been packed. But it wasn't. Despite the alure of a pipe organ and player I had the place to myself. This is the Guild Chapel. Full name Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross. The chancel of which (and incidentally you're looking at the chancel shot from the east end) dates from 1269. It's one of those rarities. A place that survived the Reformation. This shot ain't 12 hours old.
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