Comments on: The Ceremony Of The Widow’s Sixpence https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-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 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1458663 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:32:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1458663 What a wonderful custom. I have only been to St Bartholomew’s once, for the funeral of my cousin John just a few short years ago. John was the former Dean of Ripon Cathedral until ill health forced him to retire. He and his wife moved to London to be nearer their daughters at this point. On the day of the funeral, John’s close family which included me, filled just 3 short pews, while the rest of the Church was filled to its very corners by Clergy High and Low. It was impressive to say the least!

]]> By: Martin Palmer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1456595 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:10:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1456595 There is some quality about the last photograph: The people at the end of the alley give me the immediate impression that they are not separated from the viewer so much by distance as they are by time.

]]> By: Jill wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1456553 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:12:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1456553 Good luck with the tours! x

]]> By: Susan Postlethwaite https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1456546 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:41:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1456546 Love the photographs posted each day. I used to work around the corner from St Bartholomew the Great. It is only recently that I actually went inside.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1456544 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:33:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1456544 The Widow’s Sixpence — a very impressive history, rich in tradition.

Wishing everyone a Merry Good Friday and a happy, peaceful Easter!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Sandra Lawrence https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/14/the-ceremony-of-the-widows-sixpence-x/#comment-1456538 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:38:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191344#comment-1456538 I was troubled by the woman who actually needed 20/- and the ‘easy amusement of the crowd’. Unless this was a regular part of the ceremony (which it doesn’t appear to have been) this implies the same kind of desperation that engendered this ‘quaint’ tradition in the first place, when 6d – and 20/- were decent sums of money. I suspect there may be more hands raised this year.

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