Salisbury Cathedral

[nicolab6]

I am very proud to say that my son was Confirmed yesterday at Salisbury Cathedral. A lovely service, but the most amazing thing was the font. A huge font, capable of being used for a full submersion baptism and a 'living' feed of water. Well worth the visit if you are in the area.

[nicolab6]

LOL!

[jno]

this the font?

http://www.salisburyc...rg.uk/news.php?id=352

My recollection is there's water only a few feet below the cathedral; they pull up a dipstick to show people when you go on the tour.

[jno]

here you go Trim...

http://www.churchofen...-is-confirmation.aspx

[askyourgran]

I haven't been in that area for a long time nicolab, The confirmation will be something to remember considering the Cathedral has such a unique feature it sounds lovely.
I love looking at old Churches and Cathedrals, York Minster is a nice place to visit. My Oh isn't very interested in architecture or history, but I regret not going to Canterbury Cathedral when we visited a few years ago.

[nicolab6]

JNO - yes, that's the font, the pictures don't really do it justice though.

[nicolab6]

Hi, my son is 11, last year of junior school. We have a wonderful vicar who engages the children - it was entirely his choice to be confirmed. Today he had communion for the first time at a local church.

[scotman]

Strange. I like going to churches as well. I especially like St Matthew's in St Helier but maybe that's because of the unique glass decoration by Lalique.

[ttfn]

Good communion costs less at Salisbury.

My school vicar was the Rev Godman

[queencharlotte]

Congrats Nicola, and best wishes for the future. Whilst on the subject of Salisbury Cathedral, does anyone know the title/author of a book about the builders of its spire? It isn`t the one written by the Lord of the Flies chap; the one I`m after purports to be a saga of generations of short-fingered masons who worked on it.

[Maydup]

I visited Salisbury Cathedral when I was on holiday there recently. I'm non-religious but I found it to be both a beautiful building and a tranquil place. The font is indeed a very special thing. Congratulations on your son's confimation.

After our visit we went over to the museum which is now showing a Constable Exhibition. With a walk along the river and lunch in the town,Salisbury made a great day out for us.

[jno]

this'll be it

http://www.amazon.co....qid=1307916348&sr=1-8

[nicolab6]

Thanks all for your kind words

[queencharlotte]

Jno, you are a gem! Many thanks. You wouldn`t believe how many years I have been looking for that book.

[askyourgran]

Sarum is an excellent book, quite a big book if memory serves, but very interesting. Now I would like to re-read it.

[Mamyalynne]

It was my grandson's Confirmation yesterday too, not a Cathedral but a lovely service and he is only seven, has Autism too but dealt with the day really well.