Salisbury Cathedral Spam.

 Dear Reader

I did warn you about incoming Cathedral spam from Salisbury. 

But before it comes, here are the service details.

For our second Evensong Service in Salisbury we sang Ps 12, Jackson in G Canticles, Radcliffe Responses and Rutti’s I wonder as I wander. David’s brilliant postlude was Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne which was greeted with applause. As it was the Feast Day of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianus we sang a hymn, Let all mortal flesh keep silence, always a goodie. 

Before the service we had a rehearsal in the Song School which has a medieval floor. 

Not quite sure what is usually contained in this cupboard in the Song School.

Then it was down to the stalls.

The Conductor’s stand is installed and swings out of the way when not in use. 

Now here is the spam 

Cloisters 

32 foot Christmas Tree

The camel along with the Kings is still making his way to the manger

The font

One fun fact, which has a connection for South Australia is that in the 19th century restoration of the Salisbury Cathedral the white alabaster font originally in this position was removed. This font was rescued from being used as a garden ornament and is now in Christ Church, Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula, where the apparition of Our Lady appeared on the wall.

The new Nave Altar, installed three weeks ago. It is not permanent

Words around the Altar

The Quire

Prisoners of Conscience Chapel

Chantry House

David Heah with Harrison and Harrison’s Andy Scott

Trebles at the Bumping stone

The tradition is that a new treble is initiated by bumping his head seven times on the Bumping Stone. The Girl’s Choir, which began in 1991 (even before our Girls joined) apparently rejected the tradition and elected to be bopped on the head with a Prayer Book.