Comments on: Bolton Priory http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14377 CherryPie Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:52:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14377 I find it a bitter sweet thing, the ruins are so romantic. I would however love to see what it looked like fully standing. I find it a bitter sweet thing, the ruins are so romantic. I would however love to see what it looked like fully standing.

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14356 J_on_tour Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:39:40 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14356 It is difficult to understand how people in previous centuries only saw a partial building for 350 years. It's poignant and sad that we should also see it that way. It is difficult to understand how people in previous centuries only saw a partial building for 350 years. It’s poignant and sad that we should also see it that way.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14294 CherryPie Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:25:19 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14294 Thank you :-) It is a good place to work on framing. The last shot here I was one of my favourites in that respect. The challenge was made more difficult due to lots of people milling around! Thank you :-)

It is a good place to work on framing. The last shot here I was one of my favourites in that respect. The challenge was made more difficult due to lots of people milling around!

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14292 London Caller Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:35:51 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14292 Absolutely stunning! Great site to practise framing. ;) Absolutely stunning!
Great site to practise framing. ;)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14228 CherryPie Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:29:49 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14228 Thanks Claude, I am glad you enjoyed it. There is a little bit more to these ruins in a post I have scheduled in a couple of days time. Thanks Claude, I am glad you enjoyed it. There is a little bit more to these ruins in a post I have scheduled in a couple of days time.

]]> By: Claude http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14226 Claude Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14226 I think that many of them were sustained by their faith, Cherie. They were labouring at those churches and cathedrals for the glory and the love of God. We do different things today (like MSF). Thanks for your post which brough those thoughts in my mind. I think that many of them were sustained by their faith, Cherie. They were labouring at those churches and cathedrals for the glory and the love of God. We do different things today (like MSF). Thanks for your post which brough those thoughts in my mind.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14217 CherryPie Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:48:46 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14217 It is a testament to their work that they are still standing today. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like to live and work like that. It is a testament to their work that they are still standing today. I can’t even begin to imagine what it would have been like to live and work like that.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14216 CherryPie Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:46:57 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14216 I think would have looked very impressive, especialy in that setting. I think would have looked very impressive, especialy in that setting.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14215 CherryPie Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:46:05 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14215 It is not a show I have watched but it sounds like I might get some ideas from the show. It is not a show I have watched but it sounds like I might get some ideas from the show.

]]> By: Claude http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/bolton-priory/comment-page-1/#comment-14214 Claude Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:17:24 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6633#comment-14214 Great photos! Certainly awake our imagination. I just keep thinking of the people who were put to work erecting those immense buildings. I wonder how they were treated. No unions in those days. It must have been such hard labour. Whenever I read novels of the past, or history books, I learn that entire families practically lived all their lives on the steps of those buildings (like Notre Dame de Paris). They were nearly enslaved by the job of creating architectural masterpieces, which took centuries to achieve, and which we admire so much today. Great photos! Certainly awake our imagination. I just keep thinking of the people who were put to work erecting those immense buildings. I wonder how they were treated. No unions in those days. It must have been such hard labour. Whenever I read novels of the past, or history books, I learn that entire families practically lived all their lives on the steps of those buildings (like Notre Dame de Paris). They were nearly enslaved by the job of creating architectural masterpieces, which took centuries to achieve, and which we admire so much today.

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