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Forgive the expression, but AnAmericanMother... you absolutely rock and roll! Awesome post, great review, only quibble I have is from your earlier post. I've attended "low" churches where doctrine isn't lazy or even hazy and Eucharist is celebrated every single week, usually at the early service.

As a kid, one needed to know these things so one could have breakfast prior to church. My Mom insisted everyone had to fast before Holy Communion. We would stall her to go to a later service, eat breakfast, knowing that if we went to the later service there would be no Holy Communion and we would have no major hunger pangs. Hey, I was confirmed, but still a growing kid, ha ha. It was hard to take Holy Communion on an empty stomach.

Again, great post! Bells and smells, yes that's it! Thanks for the links and thank you many times for mentioning Alan Rickman in a Trollope based movie !!!! Wow. I wonder if it's available for rent.

Thanx! I meant no offense to the "low" churches, I'm not as familiar with them because our family has always been up in the rafters with the bats . . . . :-D The last "low" church I attended was St. Dunstan's, when they were using the local Catholic church's gym and celebrating on a folding table. They now have a beautiful little church in the woods about 2 miles from the Catholics.

Re breakfast -- that's what Tiger's Milk and Instant Breakfast were for . . . . :-D

These folks say they have "Barchester Chronicles" for rent in VHS. I have no idea if they'll rent trans-Atlantic!

He does his hair right, but I don't think he's red-faced, oily or sweaty enough per Mr. Trollope's description.