Comments on: The Ceremony Of The Widow’s Sixpence https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: John Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/#comment-1147622 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:56:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=156437#comment-1147622 They are very lovely interesting Photo’s and description of a lovely old church.

I hope one of the Services is taken from the Book of Common Prayer.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/#comment-1145948 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:54:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=156437#comment-1145948 Greetings from Boston,

GA, God bless you for memorializing these ancient Christian traditions at Eastertide…

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/#comment-1145920 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 07:19:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=156437#comment-1145920 I liked the then and now tradition shown for St Bartholomew’s at Easter time !Yes the green hill is far away it all started there. Here in London today all faiths are strong with lots of harmony. A nice surprise shown by GA, a house where John Betjeman once lived in I expect before he became Poet Laureate and was ‘Summoned by Bells’. This church has a strong presence in the community above all their faith is shown for all to see. They take the Easter message onto the streets and continue an old custom of distributing hot + buns. Poet John

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/#comment-1145910 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 06:03:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=156437#comment-1145910 Lovely post, there are no hot cross buns in Germany, even for poor widows, but enough other things to keep the wolf from the door. I love to see the old ceremonies being enacted with such humour. Valerie

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/04/13/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence/#comment-1145887 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 02:12:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=156437#comment-1145887 Ah, St Bart’s. When I lived in London my feet, camera and tripod seemed always to want to go there. As you say, GA, it’s a place where you can imagine sitting with Rahere close by still. Re: your photos, I imagine there was some cursing when that long-gone photographer developed his film and noticed the washing-line high above the churchyard.

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