Aww thank you! It’s great to see so many familiar names. I’ve been browsing the forums .
Oh well.. thanks! I thought as much. It’ll be going back there then!
I bought a bunch of old photos recently and this was among them, so I thought I’d share! There’s nothing on the back except a very faint and...
I guess many of us have been affected by the pandemic, and then some {hug}. I’m loving being able to visit the charity shops again, as well as...
Hi, I just realised it’s three years since I was last here . Unfortunately life has been getting in the way. But today I managed a trip to the...
Well found, Jivvy! It's frustrating not being able to find a photo - but I did find this advertisement, which suggests photos did exist? This...
Jivvy, the reference you've found to Hipwood's ill-health certainly fits the appearance of the Abbot in the photo, thank you!
The abbot does look small, doesn't he? His eyes are sunken, and his hat looks too big. The monks did have a pretty restricted diet according to...
:D The Abbot? It'a bit overexposed, but I think he has a beard and a high collar too *hmm*. The men in the window look like they have beards too,...
Me too! It's an added bonus! I found a few modern photos of the monks at work (brewing?), all smiles & far from the formality of this particular...
I did try to identify which Abbot this might have been, but couldn't find many photos to compare him with. Not surprisingly, I suppose! According...
I bought an old photograph album some time ago, and have already shared one the photos...
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