Southwark Cathedral was built between 1220 and 1420. And I see it every day on my way to work. Tonite I went to one of their Christmas "Lessons and Carols" services which was really lovely.
This is what it would look like inside without a million people.
In addition to being lovely, it was the most stressful 75 minutes I've experienced in a long time. It was packed - there were like a million people in there, and we each held a lit candle for the entire time. It dripped on my hand, I dropped my brochure, I kept needing to scratch things, every time the woman in front of me was slow in standing up I was sure I was going to burn her head, and I could hardly focus on the service for all the worry that even if I didn't start the inevitable fire, there was no way all million of us were leaving that place unscathed. Amazingly, we seemed to (although I have no idea why we're allowed to have the candles).
I discreetly took this at my seat, before we were handed the sticks of destruction.
1 comment:
I give you props for hanging in there! I don't think there is one "venue" in the US that would allow real candles being held my a million people in a building!
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