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Britain - Photo and History Pages Paradoxplace BRITISH ABBEYS AND CATHEDRALS
Carlisle Cathedral
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The east end of the cathedral was (August 2007) under scaffolding
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The original Augustinian Priory Church constitutes the west end of what is now Carlisle Cathedral
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The choir capitals each feature a small carving of a monthly activity - October grape picking in this case. Evidence that times were warmer "then"?
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Three faces and two snacks in January
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Boot emptying and foot warming in February
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Digging in March
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Picking acorns in November (we think).
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Killing a beast for Christmas - usually a pig in other places, but up here they are made of sterner stuff - note the man holding the bull by the ears and looking heavenwards.
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Sadly, a large dark Victorian wooden choir screen covers the other six out of the twelve monthly activity capitals, and even the photographically inventive Dom could not think of a way round this, though we did manage a back view of September harvesting .......
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An Annunciation occupies central stage in the Carlisle Bishop's Crozier
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