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Recieved this email from Gorton Monastery if anybody fancies a look.
If any of your chat room contacts want to visit the Monastery next week we are opening to the public for 4 days from Thursday 6th until Sunday 9th as part of the Heritage Open Days. We are also going to trial our new Friars Pantry Cafe which will also be open serving delicious food from 10am until 4pm each day.
It would be lovely to welcome anyone who is in the area even though Tony won't be available to do one of his fantastic tours.
Regards
Ken
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Hi Ken,
Thanks for posting that. The weekend was a great success but unfortunately i wasn't here for it. I'm now back and would like to suggest a mini-meet at the Monastery as I know you and others have expressed an interest. I would be delighted if you could be my guests for an afternoon.
I think a Saturday afternoon would be best as it would give an opportunity for people in Gtr Manchester and perhaps further afield to join. The tour lasts about an hour and a quarter and covers the architectural, religious and social significance of the Monastery - no doubt this one will take longer as Rootschatters grill me on the accuracy of my 'family' research :D :D
Can i start the ball rolling by suggesting 6th October at 2.00 pm and see what interest there is. (A back up date would be 20th October)
Best wishes
Tony
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HI Tony can you put Mr and Mrs Migky down for coming on any of those two dates , keep me up to date please.
Migky ;)
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I do remember, with great affection, going to St. Joseph's, for the funeral of one of my grammar school teachers, prob. 1948/50. I cannot express my pleasure that the wonderful building and artefacts have been saved. My thanks, as a simple indvidual, for the hard work put in, to preserve this masterpiece for the people of Greater Manchester.
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Maybe you could put this on the Lancs board too ........ time is creeping up !! :) :) :)
Wish I could go !! ::) ::)
Annie :) :)
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Hi Migky,
Would be delighted to see you both again. There is at least one other person at the moment so I am going to go ahead with the 6th, but quite happy to arrange another date for those who might want to come later.
Hi Annie and Cathaldus, thanks for those thoughts, I do hope you can get here one day.
Cheers
Tony
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Hi Tony
I haven't looked at the boards recently so I hadn't noticed this. I am very interested in taking a tour of the monastry so if another date is available, I am usually very flexible (but can't make the 6th October)
Sallysmum
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while i was looking for some thing completely differant for some one , i came a cross this site. As a child i use to go swimming here. So If you are comming to Manchester sallsmum, why don't you call in here,it is well worth a visit?
http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/index.html
Migky ;)
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Thanks Migs - I am already aware of the Victoria baths -- I too leanrt to swim there as a child. I have been on one of the guided tours of the place and also recommend it. Did you watch Life on Mars? A lot of the filming was done on location there
Sallysmum
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yup salls i seen that program , but wish the would stop raiding my wardrobe for the cloths for the show ;D think i need to get some new cloths ::)
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Hi Sallysmum,
I could organise something Sat 13th, Sat 20th or Sun 28th of October as I will be in anyway on those dates. Alternatively give me a date and I'll organise something around you.
Best wishes
Tony
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Hi Tony could you give me a time of when to be there and is it still on the 6th oct , this sat?
cheers
migky ;)
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Hi Migky,
2.00 pm would be good. I'll pm my mobile.
Cheers
Tony
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Hi Sallysmum,
I could organise something Sat 13th, Sat 20th or Sun 28th of October as I will be in anyway on those dates. Alternatively give me a date and I'll organise something around you.
Best wishes
Tony
Thank you very much Tony, Sun 28 is looking good for me. If you give me a time and meet you outside?
Sallysmum
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Hi Sallysmum,
I've got tour at 2.30 so you are welcome to join that. Buidling is open that day so will meet you inside.
Best wishes
Tony
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Hi Tony, thank you for a brilliant afternoon. Me and Ann had a great time and could not believe how much work had been done in the last 12months. You have worked so hard on the project and the people of Gorton must be so proud to have there monastery back even if it will no longer be use as a place of worship but the building will now benefit the comunity once again. here are one or two of the pictures i took , the first couple are from last year.
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At the bottom of this picture you can just see Tony, kenhar and kens wife
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If you look at the first picture and compare it to this one you will see how much work has been done in the last 12 months.
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If you would all like to see more pictures and better ones ( not taken by me )
go to ther site and type in "Gorton Monastery" Loads come up and so much better then mine.
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There is a couple of pictures of Migky, Tony and kenhar, but i must ask for there permission to post them first.
Right last bit and this is for Sallysmum, do your self a favour and take an abacus with you ;D you will need it with Tony. you will find out when you get there ;D
Migky ;)
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As I'm in Cornwall there's not much chance of getting along, but I saw the TV prog some time ago and it's great to see the photo of the monastery looking so good.
Ellen
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Hi Migky !
Thank you so much for sharing the photos ..... every so often I go to the site to see what's happening .... ( not that I'm nosey or anything ...... ::) ) .... but what tremendous strides they've made this last year ..... it's definitely starting to look wonderful now !
Glad the Three Amigos plus Two had a good time !! ;D ;D
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Right last bit and this is for Sallysmum, do your self a favour and take an abacus with you ;D you will need it with Tony. you will find out when you get there
He ain't joking - I think Tony invented the Da Vinci code :)
Sorry Annie no st George/Crusader this time. That will get the forum members thinking - kenhar talks in riddles 8)
Ken
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Right last bit and this is for Sallysmum, do your self a favour and take an abacus with you ;D you will need it with Tony. you will find out when you get there
He ain't joking - I think Tony invented the Da Vinci code :)
Sorry Annie no st George/Crusader this time. That will get the forum members thinking - kenhar talks in riddles 8)
Ken
I'm just thankful you didn't do yourself a mischief Ken !! ::) ::) ;D
Can't wait to see the rest of the photos ... did you take some too ?? ... or is that a silly question !
Annie :)
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I am going to love saying this Annie but it was a silly question ;D ;D ;D
Migky ;)
That didn't half make me feel good saying that to Annie :)
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I am going to love saying this Annie but it was a silly question ;D ;D ;D
Migky ;)
That didn't half make me feel good saying that to Annie :)
Migky .............. :P !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Three Amigos
Ken says he don't mind me posting this and it was Tony's idea to have the picture of the three of us together for you :)
i am the good looking one Annie , Oh! please dont insult me by thinking one of the other two is me ;D
Migky
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Or maybe we shold be known as the "Three stooges" ;D ;D ;D
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Blimey ..... pass the smellin' salts .... I've come over all queer !! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Stooges ......... is a good word !! ::)
OK ! ... we have to be serious now ... this is a nice thread ... !
I want to hear what else you guys saw there .... did you take pictures of the windows ??
and what have they been doing with the outside ??
Annie :)
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Blimey I've come over all queer !! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I were right about that annie person then ;D ;D ;D
Migky ;)
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Annie
Maybe a little of St George ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Great looking pictures Micky!! Just think how good you'd really look if you had your Warren Mahoney shirt on ;)
Karen
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Hi everybody,
What can i say, I had the most fabulous afternoon on Saturday :) It's just a shame the partners brought their fellas with them ;D
But honestly, KenHar and Migky, you are absolutely beautiful people, and I'm sure all the people who have received your help on this site would echo that.
But Migky, why did you doctor the 3 Amigoes picture to give me grey hair :o Anyone could tell you were the better looking without doing that ;D ;D ;D
Hope to see you back as regular visitors whenever you are out and about Rootschatting in the area
Hi Annie, you were sorely missed in that tour, but present in our thoughts. And the candle burned strongly all day, today :)
lol
Tony
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Hi Ken
Just noticed your avatar has changed and gone berserk, i hope that wasn't 'Pythagorus' scrambling your brain.
Cheers
Tony
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Well I'm glad you all had a good time without me !! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D eating toffee muffins and everything :o
One of these days ... I'll get there !! ;D
In the meantime - where are the rest of the pictures ??
Annie :)
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Hi Sallysmum,
I've got tour at 2.30 so you are welcome to join that. Buidling is open that day so will meet you inside.
Best wishes
Tony
Many thanks Tony -- will see you there. Migky -- the abacus has me intrigued!
Sallysmum
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Tony
I still have a headache - :P I remember someting about "the angle of the dangle equals the lenght of the hypotenuse blah blah blah blah" then fell into a coma.
You dont need a Abacus just take a super computer with you :P
Joking apart it was great and sallysmum you will enjoy it,
Ken
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Well seeing as how we only got one picture ..... of you 3 ::) ( by the way Tony at least he gave you hair !! :) )
And a few of the monastery ..............
I found some more - thought you may be interested ..... I can see my candle on these ......... ::)
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=gorton+monastery&page=1
Annie :)
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Just like a micky-mouser lol days behind the times , do you not rison , page 2 is where i put the link to flick.com ;D ;D ;D ;D hey we dont seem to have any picture of you any where Annie , come on its getting near halloween ( frig i will be lucky to walk away from this now i started it)
Migky ;)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Told you I was a dufuss didn't I ??
I don't read the words ... I just look at the pictures !! :-\
Get your coat Migky ..... plus you all know how shy I am !! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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..... plus you all know how shy I am !! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Hi Sallysmum,
You won't need a computer or abacus despite what the other two say :D in order to understand the story of Gorton Monastery you need to be able to count to 12, and well with only eight fingers and two thumbs poor old Migky was struggling a bit ;D ;D
And KarenM, wise smileys ;D
Best wishes
Tony
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Hey sallysmum, we are not as dumb as tony thinks we are , are we ken (need back up here mate) ;D
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Dont remember a thing - I was in a coma ;D
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I have just returned from my visit to the Monastery, or as it was pointed out, more accurately the Friary and I strongly recommend a visit. It was fascinating and Tony was very knowledgable. I would also like to thank Tony again for spending a little extra time with me after the end of the tour filling me in on various snippets. Wonderful.
Oh and Migs -- abacus? nah it's a simple 3 4 5 rule!
Sallysmum
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Hi Annie, the monastery had an open day to day so went over for a short while. Tony looked very busy and rushed of his feet ( shirt, tie and name badge on so must be important today :o ) The weather was really bad and you would have thought it would have put people off from comming, but didn't. The place full to the brim ;D Only got a few pictutres.
Migky ;)
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How great you could go Migky !! and thanks for the photies !! :)
Now tell me about the mince pies and mulled wine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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Wonderful pictures, Migky :)
Sorry I could only spare you a few minutes, but we were fantastically busy, we reckon about 2500 visitors with peak of 750 for the carol service, but I think you may have gone by then. The weather was appalling and whilst we had erected a gazebo outside for the donkey, she was spooked by the wind flapping over it. The sanctuary who had lent us the donkey for our nativity scene, asked could they bring her inside :o :o :o :o What bring a donkey into our Grade 2* listed building on which we have just spent £6.5 million???
The answer was obvious, as St Francis was a friend of all animals, Yes, but just make sure you've got some large bin bags ::) ::) ::) She was ever so well behaved until the carols, and then she joined in with Oh Come All ye Faithful etc, and added a rather rich, but off tempo baritone to the proceedings.
We catered superbly and accurately apart from the mulled wine, everything else was more or less spot on, but we over catered for the mulled wine by about 2 gallons. So don't expect much sense out of me tonite ;D ;D ;D We could do with a 'merry' smiley ;D
As I'm posting I notice that Annie has joined the thread. Annie, we had a large Christmas tree, lit but undecorated, and asked people to record their wishes on candle shape tags and decorate the tree. I put one there for you, for a very special person who won't be there this Christmas in person, but I'm sure will be there in spirit in many people's lives :)
Now where did I put that mulled wine 8)
LOL
T
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Oh, and Sallysmum sorry I didn't thank you for previous post
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Thank you my Friend for the thoughts !!
Glad the day went well !!
Annie :)
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Hi Annie, i forgot to show you a picture of Tony's ASS
Ops ment Donkey
and it's a fair size one at that ;D
Migky ;)
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Ooooh errr .... lovely !! :D :D :D :D :D