VE Day in 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Thursday 8th May 2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This momentous event will be commemorated nationally on Victory in Europe Day (8th May 2025).
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2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2025
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2025
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the family home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife-to-be. It is here that Anne was born and raised and where the young Shakespeare would have visited her during the early part of their relationship. Built more than 500 years ago and extended over the years, much of the original survives.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2025
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024
The Font, St Albans Cathedral
This font holds water for baptisms. Baptism marks the start of the Christian life, when someone becomes a follower of Jesus Christ. A prist blesses the water and pours it over the person’s head as a symbol of this new faith.
The font was made in 1934 and its huge cover shows the four gospel writers [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2025
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The Medieval West Doors, St Albans Cathedral
This enormous pair of doors once stood at the main entrance to the church at the far west end of the Nave. They date from the 1400s when the church was at the centre of England’s leading abbey.
The doors were opened wide for religious processions. For everyday use, monks and visiting pilgrims used the small [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2025
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The Rose Window, St Albans Cathedral
In 1989 Laporte industries of Luton celebrated their centenary by funding its reglazing. The designer, Alan Younger, interpreted the concentric circles of the universe, with the earth in the centre and triangular areas of colour used to suggest the infusion of spirit into matter. The window was unveiled by Diana, Princess of Wales.
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2025
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St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It stands over the place where Alban, the first British martyr, was buried after giving his life for his faith over 1,700 years ago.
The building’s amazing mixture of architectural styles bears witness to the many centuries of its life, first as [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2025
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The Verdun Tree, St Albans
This tree has grown from a conker which itself came from one of the last trees left standing after the Battle of Verdun during the First World War.
On 21st February 1916, the Germans attacked the mighty fortress of Verdun in eastern France in an attempt to destroy the French Army. The ensuing battle lasted for [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2024
