Comments on: European Heritage Open Days 2008 - Part One http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 13:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar » Donegore Motte http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-39924 Grannymar » Donegore Motte Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:38:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-39924 [...] Motte was in origin a Passage Grave, a burial mound built about 5000 years ago.  The picturesque St. Johns Church is located close by and has recently been [...] [...] Motte was in origin a Passage Grave, a burial mound built about 5000 years ago.  The picturesque St. Johns Church is located close by and has recently been [...]

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15958 Grannymar Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:02:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15958 Dorothy there will bw another church is a few weeks time. Dorothy there will bw another church is a few weeks time.

]]> By: Dorothy Stahlnecker http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15884 Dorothy Stahlnecker Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:47:05 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15884 I have always loved visiting churches and universities. Somehow while I'm at universities I think about what it might have been like to go to college. While I'm in the churches I am mesmerized by the architecture, and feeling I have every time I visit a church and pray. I love it even more if there is a place to light a candle. At heart I'm still very ceremonial.. Dorothy from grammology I have always loved visiting churches and universities. Somehow while I’m at universities I think about what it might have been like to go to college. While I’m in the churches I am mesmerized by the architecture, and feeling I have every time I visit a church and pray. I love it even more if there is a place to light a candle. At heart I’m still very ceremonial..

Dorothy from grammology

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15859 Grannymar Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:58:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15859 Nick Thankfully I was able to make some visits. Four in one weekend is not bad. Nick

Thankfully I was able to make some visits. Four in one weekend is not bad.

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15805 Nick Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:10:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15805 Good for you taking advantage of the open days. Jenny and I went to Crumlin Road Gaol and discovered among other things that the Suffragettes were very active in NI. We had no idea! We also looked at the condemned prisoner's cell and the hanging room with the gallows and trapdoor. Very creepy. Good for you taking advantage of the open days. Jenny and I went to Crumlin Road Gaol and discovered among other things that the Suffragettes were very active in NI. We had no idea! We also looked at the condemned prisoner’s cell and the hanging room with the gallows and trapdoor. Very creepy.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15738 Grannymar Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:46:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15738 @Steph - Are you at the cooking Sherry? Anyone would think you were going to your first dance! I had trouble with the video, :lol: Forgot I had to stick it up on YouTube first, then bring back the embedding code to the blog. Steven Spielberg your job is safe! @Ian - There was no sign of a Flag on Saturday. I'm with your predecessor when it comes to flags. On Sunday afternoon I went to Carrick and visited Carrick Museum, The Gasworks Museum and St Nicholas' Church. I am sure you are familiar with the last one. The bell ringers gave us a welcoming call and for once I wished I had held on to th N95 phone. I will blog about these visits over the next few weeks. @Steph - Are you at the cooking Sherry? Anyone would think you were going to your first dance!

I had trouble with the video, :lol: Forgot I had to stick it up on YouTube first, then bring back the embedding code to the blog. Steven Spielberg your job is safe!

@Ian - There was no sign of a Flag on Saturday. I’m with your predecessor when it comes to flags.

On Sunday afternoon I went to Carrick and visited Carrick Museum, The Gasworks Museum and St Nicholas’ Church. I am sure you are familiar with the last one. The bell ringers gave us a welcoming call and for once I wished I had held on to th N95 phone.

I will blog about these visits over the next few weeks.

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15726 Ian Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:14:10 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15726 Grannymar, Did they put the EU flag up to show they were part of the day? Ten years ago, when I was in the North, my church was one of the ones that opened on the Heritage Day. We were sent the blue flag, but had no flagpole (a wise decision by my predecessor - there was nowhere from which to fly flags in July). Anyway, there seemed some anxiety that the building should be marked by the flag, so it was hung out the tower window on a length of rope, as someone might hang a flag from their bedroom window during the World Cup . I'm sure people in the town thought that football hooligans had climbed the tower! Grannymar,

Did they put the EU flag up to show they were part of the day?

Ten years ago, when I was in the North, my church was one of the ones that opened on the Heritage Day. We were sent the blue flag, but had no flagpole (a wise decision by my predecessor - there was nowhere from which to fly flags in July). Anyway, there seemed some anxiety that the building should be marked by the flag, so it was hung out the tower window on a length of rope, as someone might hang a flag from their bedroom window during the World Cup . I’m sure people in the town thought that football hooligans had climbed the tower!

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/09/16/european-heritage-open-days-2008-part-one/#comment-15723 steph Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:09:26 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1432#comment-15723 Hello Grannymar! Fancy meeting you here :roll: I'm real impressed at your video..o..ing effort! I've still to learn how to do that. You should get plenty of practice anyhow with the 98 more places you've still to visit :lol: Hello Grannymar!

Fancy meeting you here :roll:

I’m real impressed at your video..o..ing effort! I’ve still to learn how to do that.

You should get plenty of practice anyhow with the 98 more places you’ve still to visit :lol:

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