Comments on: Hot Cross Buns At St Bartholomew The Great https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 20 Apr 2019 10:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pam Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/#comment-1281847 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 10:07:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173716#comment-1281847 Hot Cross Buns!! These Pictures were Wonderful!!! I an now 64 years old and I remember my first taste of me as little child and I always make them every year. I so Love them lots of butter!!!

]]> By: Phyllis Craine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/#comment-1281581 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:59:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173716#comment-1281581 I was lucky to visit St. Bartholomew in 2017, it was the middle of the week and we had the church to ourselves. One thing photos can never really impart is the intangible feel of a very very old building. The interior was dark , cool and quiet. The air had a faint odor of wax, smoke, wood and polished brass, built up over centuries. No sound of London traffic interfered. The walls are covered in tablets, memorials and plaques commemorating people and events, some well known and many long forgotten and now memorialized only here. The history of London pervades this place. This church has also survived devastating fires and wars and it’s still with us. Notre Dame will prevail.

]]> By: Derek Bailey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/#comment-1281563 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:15:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173716#comment-1281563 Tell me what “feint daylight” is please?

]]> By: Kate https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/#comment-1281502 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:35:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173716#comment-1281502 Thank you, really enjoyed that and St Batholomew’s is on my list of churches to see.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/18/hot-cross-buns-at-st-bartholomew-the-great-x/#comment-1281495 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:57:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173716#comment-1281495 I love it that these eccentric traditions still carry on in all sorts of corners of London.

For anyone who wants to get into the Good Friday spiritual mindset there is a stunning video of Allegri’s Miserere sung by Tenebrae filmed at St Barthomolew’s the Great. Truly wonderful singing which really suits the medieval setting – quite literally out of this world..

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