[Photos/London] Goth Walk XII: London Churches, Crypts and Clerics

[dancefloorlandmine]

A couple of weeks ago, valkyriekaren and I went on one of the London Goth Meetup Group's "Goth Walks" - number twelve, a whistle-stop tour around some of London's churches, including mini-lectures on various sites on the route, a tour guide in cassock and biretta (he is actually an Anglican priest, so technically they were his work clothes, although the hat was less usual) and a borrowed key to St Mary Woolnoth, so we could see inside one of Hawksmoor's collection of barmy church designs. It was really rather interesting, and, being me, I took my camera along, resulting in a number of photos. I've split the galleries into two ... the places and the people.

The Places


Black Friar Pub


St Paul's Cathedral


St Dunstan's in the East


St Dunstan's in the East


Minster Court (graphic novel version)




St Mary Woolnoth


St Mary Woolnoth

The People













EDIT: In discussion with my parents this weekend, my mother said that I'd probably been to most of those churchyards when a sproglet, as churchyards are often good places to take a child to eat a packed lunch, in between museum visits. My dad then blamed her for my interest in architecture and goths. My brother didn't care for museums and churches ...

Comments

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Nice shot of Minster Court - how did you create it?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] That was actually pretty simple - I used the Threshold tool in GIMP (there's probably something similar in PotatoShop) and just played about with the sliders until it looked looming enough. [grin]

There's a couple more with similar treatment in the gallery.

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

I see that I didn't escape either.

Touche:



BTW - How many roads must a man walk down...?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I see that I didn't escape either.
It happens! [grin] I thought it was an OK one, actually.

Heh - good photo. Now, storm those barricades!

How many roads must a man walk down...?
Don't start that again!

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Well it's a bit more shorn now - who knows, I may escape recognition.


Don't start that again!
Just blowin' in the wind....