Re: CITY/TOWN - last posting on this off-topic
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- Subject: Re: CITY/TOWN - last posting on this off-topic
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 19:50:24 -0700 (MST)
Hi Graham!
You write (3 Mar 97):
>
> Arundel cathedral was built in the 18th century (I think). Arundel has
been a
> centre of Roman catholicism since the 1500s. St Philip Howard lived there
> (until he was murdered in the Tower of London).
I don't wish to appear as if I knew more about your own neighborhood than
the inhabitants, but I doubt that any RC Church in England open to public
worship dates back as far as the 18th century, as the penal laws against
Catholics were not repealed until around 1830, and as late as the time of
Lord John Russell's first govt. (c. 1850) Parliament passed the
Ecclesiatical Titles Act to prevent the establishment of an RC hierarchy in
Britain (I assume it follows that no bishop - no cathedral).
>
> Some cities are lovely and peaceful places. Chichester has a low crime
rate,
> pleasant surroundings (15 minutes by bicycle and you reach the sea in one
> direction, or the South Downs in the other) but only mediocre public
> transport (few local buses after 7pm). It has some lovely buildings
> (including a cathedral) but no large cinema or nightclub - few facilities
for
> the young.
> So being a city is good in some respects, but being a large place is more
> important. Brighton is not a city, and is splendid with plenty to see and
do
> and good transport.
>From the tone of the message posted by the lady who wanted to know which
places were cities, I think she would prefer Chichester to Brighton.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
