tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post534977336711241848..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: The Parish Church of St Alphege, SolihullRagged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-77579217954445274352022-07-31T16:34:07.659+01:002022-07-31T16:34:07.659+01:00Jeremy Hart - Thanks so much. I really am pleased...Jeremy Hart - Thanks so much. I really am pleased when people want to use photos for papers and educational purposes etc. Perhaps Blogger downsizes photos when it uploads. I've found the Yardley ones so will email both next week probably from main email address as if I use gmail that might downsize them too. That would be very kind of you I would love to see it I really would as it is a fascinating subject. Let me know when and I will email my address.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-32930073379157051272022-07-31T13:15:16.195+01:002022-07-31T13:15:16.195+01:00That's really kind. As the online pictures are...That's really kind. As the online pictures are low resolution, would it be possible to send higher resolution versions of Solihull and Yardley? My address begins jrmharte and after the at concludes with gmail.com. I'd be happy to send you a copy of the published paper, plus some other curiosities about arrow sharpening that might interest you. Good luck with your rambles - Jeremy Harte<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311937911841580019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-41229238782002811082022-07-30T20:11:42.332+01:002022-07-30T20:11:42.332+01:00Unknown (Jeremy Harte) Thanks so much for asking a...Unknown (Jeremy Harte) Thanks so much for asking and yes using my photo in your paper would be fine. I only put the proviso in because I discovered by chance one of my photos was being used by a Co on one of the products they sold without asking my permission!!!! I was not happy! Good luck with the paper - I have read recently that these marks may well not have been made by arrows being sharpened not sure how true that is though.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-46968099426179346742022-07-30T19:55:43.637+01:002022-07-30T19:55:43.637+01:00I'm writing a paper on arrow sharpening marks ...I'm writing a paper on arrow sharpening marks - could i reproduce your Solihull photo? Thanks for any help - Jeremy HarteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311937911841580019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-69259952558393323532016-07-29T22:49:05.877+01:002016-07-29T22:49:05.877+01:00Wendy Thanks so much Wendy. I too so love all the ...Wendy Thanks so much Wendy. I too so love all the history and craftsmanship in and around churches. I've done a bit of googling re: the arrow sharpening marks. Apparently in Medieval times it was compulsory for every person who could use a longbow to practise their archery skills every Sunday usually on an area called the Butts. The church was the nearest stone building where the arrows could be sharpened as the houses were built of mud and timber. I would imagine the church would have found it difficult to stop them!! :) Interesting how many Warks churches seem to have these marks - I wonder how common they are elsewhere?Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-73431902071958252172016-07-29T21:34:59.771+01:002016-07-29T21:34:59.771+01:00I also love the arrow sharpening marks - I suppose...I also love the arrow sharpening marks - I suppose because I can imagine the archers making them! I wonder why the church let the walls be used like this. The other objects in the church, made by craftsmen, are also impressive. There are so many lovely stained glass windows here for a parish church. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-90114972541115032252016-07-29T17:12:01.371+01:002016-07-29T17:12:01.371+01:00Countryside Tales - Thanks very much CT :) - Best ...Countryside Tales - Thanks very much CT :) - Best example I have seen so far of arrow sharpening marks :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-38346557957012882772016-07-29T11:25:07.504+01:002016-07-29T11:25:07.504+01:00I always enjoy your church posts, especially the a...I always enjoy your church posts, especially the arrow sharpening marks, a real touch-stone with history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-83660253403622950102016-07-28T16:02:20.598+01:002016-07-28T16:02:20.598+01:00Rosie - Thanks Rosie - yes, it is impressive there...Rosie - Thanks Rosie - yes, it is impressive there. Sorry I couldn't get a better photo of the brasses - pictures with flash didn't turn out well and not using flash being in a darker area of the church meant shutter speed was very low!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-52633039948755163712016-07-28T12:12:18.849+01:002016-07-28T12:12:18.849+01:00Looks an impressive church especially the stained ...Looks an impressive church especially the stained glass and the crypt but my favourite bits are the brasses and those wonderful bow sharpening marks:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-88214937187401550042016-07-28T11:15:28.332+01:002016-07-28T11:15:28.332+01:00Simon Douglas Thompson - Thanks Simon. I don'...Simon Douglas Thompson - Thanks Simon. I don't think I have ever seen so many arrow sharpening marks on a church - a whole wall of them :)<br /><br />Caroline Gill - Thanks so much Caroline - so pleased to hear you enjoy these posts - I always worry there are too many photos and too much detail!<br /><br />I was so interested to read of your brass rubbings - it was something I always wanted to do and never did. I used to get books from the library on 100 things to do at a weekend or 50 things to do on a rainy afternoon and brass rubbings were always mentioned :) I was in a church recently (the one at Coleshill I think) and a lady there mentioned that one had been damaged by all the brass rubbings done over the years which was something I hadn't thought of before. From memory I think St Mary's at Warwick has a brass rubbing section - will have to check!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-84906005721363208832016-07-28T09:34:35.040+01:002016-07-28T09:34:35.040+01:00I always so enjoy these posts - and learn so much....I always so enjoy these posts - and learn so much. I particularly like the photo of the brasses ... it brings back many happy memories of biking around our rural villages as a teenager to rub the local ones with heelball and brass rubbing sticks of 'astral', which I always thought was a wonderful name! We always got permission, and in those days, not many folk realised that rubbing could be detrimental. I especially liked the ones that had a faithful dog or lion at the foot of its master - or the small ones of groups of children. Some were quite gruesome skeletons etc.! <br />Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-58356327017894389912016-07-27T23:48:50.812+01:002016-07-27T23:48:50.812+01:00I love those sharpening marks, more authentic than...I love those sharpening marks, more authentic than anything else on view in that church, in my view. History drips off them.Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com