Morning chatting with friendly friends and trying to sort out unfriendly national network providers for senior Bro, who is also the Queen's Chaplin.
Then off to Tower Hamlets Cemetrey Park near Mile End to find the graves of some Brothers who were buried there in the 19th early 20th centuries.
Brother Philip and I had a very successful exploration and meet Ken one of the group of friends of Cemetrey Park. They are going to help us with our investigation to work out who is there and why they are there.....
On our return journey I took Philip to another very important East End landmark, the Palm Tree Pub in Mile End Park.
Alf the landlord took some time to show us bits of interest and told us various elements of the pub's history and background.
It was a wonderful sunny day to walk through these two east end spaces.....but this the way I usually see The Palm Tree when I'm there for the open mic with live jazz trio.
And more music after din at Charterhouse.
After the Great Fire of London, what with most of the City of London's churches ashes.....the choristers found themselves without work. They formed themselves into Glee Clubs and started entertaining where they could in surviving drinking establishments.
One such group, the Civil Club, began in 1669 and became the City Glee Club in 1853.
Once a mouth they get together and sing here in our day room and generously ply those of us who want to attend with wine and song.
One number tonight, penned by Sir George Clement Martin 1844-1916, was called "Let maids be false, so wine be true".
Sir George, I hear you.....
What I'd never heard before was that the composer of another selection, William Horsley 1774-1858, who was Organists here at Charterhouse, once gave an organ lesson, in our chapel, to his son-in -law, Isambard Kingdom Brunel! I am sure you recognise the name of one of the greatest engineer geniuses of all time......his suspension bridge in Bristol:
A day at andrewgrivera@aol.com e-commerce seminar tomorrow so......
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