Barnes Wallis Memorial Article

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:42 pm

Crikey! I was best man at a wedding at Abbotsbury and didn't see any bouncing bombs there - if only I had!

There could have been a photo taken but what wold the caption have been? Shotgun wedding doesn't quite work. Bouncing shotbomb wedding
may be closer. Anyone have an idea for a caption?

Bedtime for me

Up early tomorrow

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:59 pm

huntertitus wrote:Crikey! I was best man at a wedding at Abbotsbury

Was that recently? I grew up a mile or so from Abbotsbury & live close now so I know a lot of people there.

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:28 pm

It was about 5 yrs ago maybe 4

The groom was and still is a painter who is a true eccentric

He's mad on William Blake and spends his whole life looking for lost art treasures

When he isn't painting

We were forced to walk up to that little chapel on top of the hill to sing Jerusalem

Then we sang some more mostly Victorian hymns and I did a bit of what I used to sing in the CH chapel choir plus some vigorous renditions of Mozarts Requiem, Bach's Matthews and Johns Passion and some anthems

Then the fireman who was an usher went crazy screaming that he would kill the groom as he had always loved the bride

We had to wrestle him to the ground, a not easy feat when you have several bottles of fine claret in your guts followed by several large whiskeys and it was pitch black in the night so you had to disarm a dangerous fireman filled with the madness of a jilted lover by the sound - and he was armed with a very small swiss army knife!

Apparently the noise was so severe that there were articles in the local paper the next day

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:54 pm

Bet that was the talk of the village!

I wasn't living here around that time so I don't remember it at all. My brother will no doubt know all about it

The chapel is St Catherine's Chapel http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/ ... Photo3.htm - I was up there only the other day

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:32 am

You should try singing there in the moonlight

In addition to being a beautiful place, the acoustics are wonderful!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:05 pm

huntertitus wrote:Then we sang some more mostly Victorian hymns and I did a bit of what I used to sing in the CH chapel choir plus some vigorous renditions of Mozarts Requiem,

One of my favourite pieces of music (and not just because of the trombone solo at the beginning of Tuba Mirum.......).

However, performing bits of a requiem at a wedding does seem a bit unusual, to say the least!

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:50 pm

It wasn't AT a wedding, it was after the usher's dinner the night before and we were perfectly pissed and behaving like adolescents

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:04 pm

huntertitus wrote:we were perfectly pissed and behaving like adolescents

Glad to hear it!

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:00 pm

You are No 3 in the member list if you go by total number of posts

I think there should be new categories above button grecian

1) should be The Father
2) The Son

which would make you

3) The Holy Ghost

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:41 pm

Does that make me the son?

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:20 pm

Yup

Whereas I am probably only the prophet Ezekiel or something

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:46 pm

huntertitus wrote:You should try singing there in the moonlight

No thanks - I don't do singing! The kids like bellowing in there to hear the echo though

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:37 pm

I think that was exactly what we were doing

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http://www.robinft.co.uk

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:40 pm

huntertitus wrote: p.s. check out my website

http://www.robinft.co.uk

Just have - you've got some gorgeous pictures there.

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:46 pm

Vonny wrote:
huntertitus wrote:Crikey! I was best man at a wedding at Abbotsbury
Was that recently? I grew up a mile or so from Abbotsbury & live close now so I know a lot of people there.

Burton Bradstock is close - the clock in the church is the old CH clock from London. It was bought to celebrate Quenn Victoria's jubilee in 1901 (or some such). There is a plaque about it in the church. When I camped there as a 7 yearr old, I was told that the clock occasionally tolled the rising bell and other odd chimings!