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Belfast rectory that inspired Narnia author CS Lewis may be set for listed status
Belfast Telegraph ^
| 19 April 2016
| Rebecca Black
Posted on 04/26/2016 9:32:08 PM PDT by BlackVeil
CS Lewis was baptised at St Mark's Church off the Holywood Road in east Belfast and attended it as a child.
The old rectory beside it would also have been familiar territory to the author as it was once home to his grandfather, the Rev Thomas Hamilton, who was the first rector at St Mark's.
A distinctive lion's head-shaped door knob on the rectory is even believed to have inspired the key character of Aslan ...
(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Religion
KEYWORDS: belfast; heritage; narnia
Lewis' background in Belfast now gets more attention.
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04/26/2016 9:32:09 PM PDT
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BlackVeil
To: Joe 6-pack; k2blader; Richard Kimball; nicmarlo; Uncle Vlad; tbird5; Borges; ConservativeDude; ...
NARNIA PING LIST Please ping me to any threads about Narnia, and the works of C.S. Lewis. I maintain the Narnia list.
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04/26/2016 9:34:46 PM PDT
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BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: BlackVeil
Oh the nostalgia. I read everything Lewis for years but am rusty now. I’m in. Thanks!
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posted on
04/26/2016 9:49:54 PM PDT
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bluejean
(The lunatics are running the asylum)
To: BlackVeil
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posted on
04/26/2016 9:56:51 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
To: BlackVeil
Listing? Does that mean it’s going up for sale? Or is it getting a historical marker?
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04/26/2016 10:04:53 PM PDT
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fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: fella
It is going to be a protected building, so that who ever owns it, will not be able to knock it down, or significantly change the exterior. This is by order of the local government authority.
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posted on
04/26/2016 10:08:17 PM PDT
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BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: BlackVeil
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posted on
04/26/2016 10:08:38 PM PDT
by
free-in-nyc
(Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
To: BlackVeil
Thanks for having me on the Narnia list!
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posted on
04/27/2016 1:08:30 AM PDT
by
DaughterofEve
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
To: Pelham
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04/27/2016 5:13:23 AM PDT
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Mercat
(Boredom is a problem on the inside. And happiness, too, is an inside job.)
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