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Whitsuntide And Christianity |
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By: Leslie Date: May 19, 2024, 5:00 am |
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Every year when I was a very little boy we were taken to the |
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bottom of the street, Syke Avenue ( grandad's street) and were |
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put on a horse and cart with other children. It was a clean cart |
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as we had on our new Whitsuntide suits which we got every year |
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at this time. |
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We sang hymns and were taken on the street to either the Church |
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of England. St Mary the Virgin, Woodkirk (AD.1074) or to Lee Gap |
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Fair ( oldest horse fair in England by Charter from King Stephen |
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1139). Perhaps both as they were interconnected and very close |
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together, only you couldn't reach the church by horse and cart, |
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but by horse only after going down Church Lane where I was born |
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( old house is torn down and new expensive constructed houses |
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replaces it .) |
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I am a Lee Fairite and we have our own anthem ( My Father's |
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house above...). |
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The Firsta fair in in late August , the Latter Fair in |
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September, held twice a year. Garthwaites shop could be seen |
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there at the end of Church lane on Baghill, or was there. An old |
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stables could be seen there in the aisle of the shop. |
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Re: Whitsuntide And Christianity |
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By: Lyn Date: May 19, 2024, 8:24 am |
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That's a nice memory, Leslie. We didn't have that sort of thing |
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down here. However today, 19th, is the feast of Pentecost which |
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is the end of the season of Easter. May the Holy Spirit be upon |
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us today. Presumably it is on a different date in the Orthodox |
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tradition. |
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Re: Whitsuntide And Christianity |
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By: Just Me Date: May 21, 2024, 1:01 pm |
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Lovely memories of your life and times. |
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Whit Sunday walks in Manchester. My two elder Sisters and I, had |
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rag ringlets new dresses, white ankle socks and white net |
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sandals. We walked with banners and held the many ribbons |
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attached to the banners as we walke d in the Easter parade. |
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There were songs and prayers at the end. With a buffet for all. |
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I did wonder why at Easter time the essential part was not |
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Christ having risen from the dead. |
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But it did ground us in celebrating together who Christ is in |
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our lives. We all share in one belief if we believe in Christ |
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Potted beef and salmon butties were delicious..yummiest |
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Re: Whitsuntide And Christianity |
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By: Lyn Date: May 21, 2024, 1:50 pm |
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Welcome, Just Me. It's good to have a new poster, there are not |
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many of us left and we're a disparate group but quite friendly. |
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Do we know you from anywhere else? You don't have to say. I |
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hope you enjoy posting here. |
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Re: Whitsuntide And Christianity |
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By: Leslie Date: May 22, 2024, 4:02 pm |
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I believe.Newbie, Pentecost or Whitsuntide was chosen for the |
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parade because it is the time of the founding of the Church, it |
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is the time of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles. |
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50 days after Easter Sunday. |
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