A very good afternoon to you Horwich Ender,
Well I say good afternoon but it is truly dreadful as far as the weather goes.
So I am very much confined to barracks at the moment and I have spent a bit of my time trying to fathom out the problem with your Church thread, which I am sure you will agree, has been nothing short of a flop. Especially when compared to your Pub thread which has been such a massive hit.
I can only come up with one answer and it is not to my liking at all:
If a Pub comes up for sale and is to be converted to housing there are almost demonstrations from the off on the streets of Whaley.
On the other hand if a place of worship comes up for sale and is to be converted to housing you won’t hear a squeak from anybody.
I can only put this down to the fact that the majority of the good folk of Whaley use the Pub as their place of worship.
It is a very sad sign of the times.
You are almost compelled to use the Church on occasions: you are usually christened there, get wed there and are finally buried there. So that’s about a minimum of three visits and I’m not counting the times you go to other christenings, weddings and funerals.
The pub you do not have to visit once. You need never step inside the front door of one. But the pubs are all packed to the rafters and the churches are empty.
So we have a problem with the way things have worked out and as I say sadly it is not for the best.
But I shall have one final attempt to change the minds of the drink sodden wretches that are both pub goers and forum readers. Yes I mean you for one Lady Madonna.
So here is a photo that contains both a church and a pub:
St. James’ Church, Taxal and the Royal Oak, Taxal.
Now we know that the Royal Oak is now a private house and Taxal church is still a church so if we had a poll how many do you think would like to visit the Royal Oak or the Chimes as it was latterly known for a gallon of best but the occupiers of the pub would have to seek alternative accommodation. As they liked living in Taxal and the only suitable property was the local Church they would be granted permission to convert it into a house.
How many of the local population would be in favour of the above scheme?
Quite a few I think.
R. S-S
Thanks, Norm
Edited by user 23 December 2011 16:48:22(UTC)
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