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May. 7th, 2017 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
One hundred and one years ago my curate great-grandfather preached a sermon in Esperanto at the church of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, on the occasion of the British Esperanto Congress being held in the city. When I lived in York in the 1980s I often visited the church, loving the old box pews (as who couldn't?), but at that time I didn't know about Thomas Robinson Butler's performance. Yesterday, however, in the wake of a conference organised by the talented and delightful Clementine Beauvais, I visited with her and Maria Nikolajeva, and photographed what was, I assume, the very pulpit:

Meanwhile, here are Clementine (l) and Maria (r), as seen through the church's hagioscope:

Tonight I'm staying with Farah and Edward in Stoke-on-Trent, which really ought to be the occasion to visit the Esperanto Association's Butler Library, named after Thomas's son, my grandfather and housed at nearby Barlaston. But, alas, Wolverhampton calls and I must take the morning train. Bonan nokton, ĉiuj!

Meanwhile, here are Clementine (l) and Maria (r), as seen through the church's hagioscope:

Tonight I'm staying with Farah and Edward in Stoke-on-Trent, which really ought to be the occasion to visit the Esperanto Association's Butler Library, named after Thomas's son, my grandfather and housed at nearby Barlaston. But, alas, Wolverhampton calls and I must take the morning train. Bonan nokton, ĉiuj!
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Date: 2017-05-10 08:10 pm (UTC)Also I rather like the idea of someone solemnly translating "squint" as "hagioscope," as in "Let's have a hagioscope at that, shall we?" or "Too much hagioscope -- let's take this picture where the sun's not in your eyes."
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Date: 2017-05-08 10:44 am (UTC)Just down the road- you really must drop by some time! :o)
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