The Loose Association of Wargamers

My 'Methodist Genes' I'm pleased to say do not inhibit alcohol consumption. After this unexpected discussion on burial customs and the like arising from my initial observation I should confess I was Head if RE in several High Schools during my teaching career. I always notice religious elements in wargames for no other reason than habit I suppose.

Hmm.. after all this, my hack of the Games Cult Roman Villa continues... Still groundwork, vines, etc plus the Colonnade to complete. And I keep looking at that roof and thinking I need to fix it up, some fo the tiles flattened out too much in teh fixing process.

Peeler wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:44 pm A local Papist tells me that there wasn't any Catholic churches (in England) after 1530ish until Victorian times, when they built a few.

And very Gothic they were. Unfortunately, in the immediate post-WW2 period the Catholic church in England appears to have scoured the length and breadth of the country for the worst people it could find with an architectural qualification (which seems to have included having their own box of Lego) to build a whole raft of churches that are as offensive to the eye as announcing you're a Teague at Ibrox.

Etranger wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:16 am

RMD wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:15 pm ..
Non-Conformists have cemeteries too. The chapels have all got 'em around here (either around the chapel or in a detached plot down the road). Cremation wasn't legal until the late 19th Century, so they had to stick 'em somewhere.

In the welsh valleys the burial grounds were sometimes up on the surrounding hills. Apparently one of my ancestors was a maid servant for Dr Price of cremation fame ...

Yeah, there are quite a few 'detached' cemeteries and it's usually either because the chapel is packed into an urban terrace with no surrounding land, or the cemetery became too crowded. A lot of my lot are in Rhydwilym Chapel, which was the very first permanent Baptist chapel (built in the 1600s). The cemetery ran out of space about 100 years ago, so they built another one up on the hillside, on the opposite side of the river. Interestingly, all the graves in the chapel grounds are facing east, while the ones on the hillside are facing west, toward the chapel.

Peeler wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:36 am

RMD wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:15 pm Non-Conformists have cemeteries too.....

Tha' learns something most days, from this & previous posts, about graveyards. I'm obviously going to have to visit more of them.

I turned my back on religion years ago, but I do like to visit a church purely for the rich history.

FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:28 am I like methodists, and baptists. Especially the tea total part.

Leaves more for the likes of me to drink.

Sadly for you, my lot were as hypocritical as they were pious... When this was a Dry County, the men held prayer-meetings after chapel in the back-room of the Angel Inn...

grizzlymc wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:24 am Nice Donkey walloper, I must be strong and buy no 6mm tricornes.

Ta! How is your willy of iron these days?

Rusty, but strong. The COVID jab hasn't done it any harm.

I didn't know you could have a Covid jab there. Did it sting?

Didn't notice it, the little indian nurse was doing wonders with her lips.