tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post8313245732319968151..comments2023-07-02T09:49:08.147+01:00Comments on pear tree log: The Son of a Preacher ManElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-71249172088413150822012-04-08T13:41:27.424+01:002012-04-08T13:41:27.424+01:00Hi Cro, How much more fun to have a real live owl...Hi Cro, How much more fun to have a real live owl come and visit your bedroom! I'd take that over a TV/games consul any day.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-58068689763298146122012-04-08T13:40:09.429+01:002012-04-08T13:40:09.429+01:00Hi Jane, I hope you are feeling a lot better. Al...Hi Jane, I hope you are feeling a lot better. Alfred spent many days roaming the quiet fields and lanes around Somersby often with his head in a book. His mother was passionate about poetry and made sure her children enjoyed it too, that along with his classical education all helped, I should think.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-76232469248130135272012-04-08T13:37:13.649+01:002012-04-08T13:37:13.649+01:00Hi Ms Sparrow, Before the Reformation the churche...Hi Ms Sparrow, Before the Reformation the churches were Roman Catholic. The beautiful, ancient (former Catholic) churches were taken by the Anglicans. We have Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, New Life/Born Again, etc. etc. etc. I just happen to love the ancient church buildings and the atmosphere within them!<br />As far as burying people in the churches...some churches were positively stuffed full of bodies under the floor. If you could afford to pay, you were in!! Money talks.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-87967167902681997752012-04-08T13:26:41.686+01:002012-04-08T13:26:41.686+01:00Hi Joanne, Poor George, he was completely unsuite...Hi Joanne, Poor George, he was completely unsuited to a life in the church. However, he had a deep and abiding love of the classics, which is what he educated his sons in. I have been doing some research into Alfred's father and it seems that he may have suffered from epilepsy from childhood and of course that was regarded very differently two hundred years ago. It still doesn't explain why his parents were so cold towards him though. I don't suppose we shall ever know - but if I do ever find anything out I'll be sure to let you know.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-31061394717902700942012-04-08T05:51:37.646+01:002012-04-08T05:51:37.646+01:00And he probably didn't have a TV and 'game...And he probably didn't have a TV and 'games console' in his bedroom either!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-46602043273486849672012-04-07T22:16:40.358+01:002012-04-07T22:16:40.358+01:00I often wonder where these poets got their ideas f...I often wonder where these poets got their ideas from .....not homelife I imagine.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-12401647965479831402012-04-07T21:11:48.351+01:002012-04-07T21:11:48.351+01:00When you hear of the terrible childhood of famous ...When you hear of the terrible childhood of famous people, it makes you wonder how much it contributed to their personality and ability.<br />I visited Poet's corner at Westminster Abbey some years ago. It seemed so strange that they would inter people in the floor of the church, especially those who weren't clergy. It shows how beloved Alfred was that he received that honor.<br />I'm wondering if all the churches you have in your area are Anglican or are there other religions too? Here in Minnesota, we have churches of dozens of different denominations, sometimes across the street from each other.Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-67503801115086279742012-04-07T20:40:38.758+01:002012-04-07T20:40:38.758+01:00How difficult to be forced into a profession. I w...How difficult to be forced into a profession. I wonder if the senior Alfred's personality was apparent to his parents as he grew up? Unrecorded history? At least the grandfather took on some financial responsibility. Money went round so much differently two centuries ago.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com