tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post827797358084348225..comments2024-02-01T21:49:33.565+00:00Comments on Tired of London, Tired of Life: Visit St Pancras Old ChurchTom Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-54119239314959516202011-06-15T08:36:50.015+01:002011-06-15T08:36:50.015+01:00I live in a village called Upton Lovell and I am r...I live in a village called Upton Lovell and I am researching the family which has given the village its name. I have come across a ballad, Lord Lovel, which describes an incident in 'St Pancridges church'.Does anyone know anything more about this? GwenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-28465838226866073852011-04-27T15:40:19.094+01:002011-04-27T15:40:19.094+01:00According to Wikipedia -
On 28 July 1968, The Beat...According to Wikipedia -<br />On 28 July 1968, The Beatles were photographed in the churchyard grounds, in a famous series of pictures designed to promote the single "Hey Jude" and the album The Beatles, better known as The White Album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-66089447607774968302011-04-27T05:33:38.765+01:002011-04-27T05:33:38.765+01:00Very interesting post.
Roberta Wedge is right abou...Very interesting post.<br />Roberta Wedge is right about Mary Woolstonecraft (to whom she bears a remarkable resemblence!)<br />The only Beatles cover I can think of is Rubber Soul.<br /><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Click here for Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-85805341722295297672011-04-27T04:24:06.857+01:002011-04-27T04:24:06.857+01:00I heard the backyard served as a shooting location...I heard the backyard served as a shooting location for a Beatles album cover - not sure which one though. Any info on this?Eurotrip Tipshttp://www.eurotriptips.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-73714665700997114642011-04-26T10:08:45.177+01:002011-04-26T10:08:45.177+01:00Chaz...don't give it away, I'm saving that...Chaz...don't give it away, I'm saving that for another day!Tom Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-52657068513231860772011-04-26T09:51:07.748+01:002011-04-26T09:51:07.748+01:00There's also the Hardy Tree at the back of the...There's also the Hardy Tree at the back of the churchyard. When the railway line was built some of the the graves were exhumed to make way for the track. The headstones were placed around an ash tree that has grown around them. The young architectural student who was in charge of the exhumation was Thomas Hardy, later poet and novelist...Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798535246946993002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-56308774193514609682011-04-26T09:30:11.111+01:002011-04-26T09:30:11.111+01:00Apologies for the omission Roberta. She certainly ...Apologies for the omission Roberta. She certainly sounds very worthy of inclusion!Tom Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-71314146225644588942011-04-26T09:08:50.649+01:002011-04-26T09:08:50.649+01:00Any old building, if it is still standing, will ha...Any old building, if it is still standing, will have changed and grown over the centuries. But the part of this church that I love most is the C13th tower. It seems to be surviving well :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-39886323591404935502011-04-26T08:59:00.436+01:002011-04-26T08:59:00.436+01:00I can't believe you left out the biggest star ...I can't believe you left out the biggest star in the graveyard: Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) and much else. In this week of monarchical hyperbole, I made <a href="http://avindicationoftherightsofmary.blogspot.com/2011/04/mary-in-st-pancras.html" rel="nofollow">a little pilgrimage there myself</a>. Not only an early feminist, laying the groundwork for the suffragettes a century later, she also made significant contributions to human rights and the field of education. She married the anarchist philosopher William Godwin at Old St Pancras Church, and they lived -- in separate accomodation, as befit radicals re-imagining relationships -- in Somers Town. She was brought to bed of a daughter, promptly died of childbed fever, and was buried here. The baby grew up to write Frankenstein, after canoodling with the tousle-hair'd poet Shelley over her mother's grave, where he woo'd her with sonnets.<br /><br />PS I love your blog!Roberta Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.com