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   Evertjan. to Athel Cornish-Bowden   
   Re: Interesting PR entries   
   09 Oct 19 12:41:09   
   
   From: exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net   
      
   Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote on 09 Oct 2019 in   
   soc.genealogy.britain:   
      
   > On 2019-10-08 20:49:09 +0000, Steven Gibbs said:   
   >   
   >> On 08/10/2019 17:27, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   >>> I think it is always fun to find something a little out of the ordinary   
   >>> in Parish Registers, even if it is does distract from the serious   
   >>> business of finding out about one's own relatives.   
   >>>   
   >> On the death of a 78 year old man:-   
   >> "Parish clerk for upwards 30 years. Converted to God at the age of 76.   
   >> What has [sic] God wrought?"   
   >> (Colmworth, Bedfordshire, 1825)   
   >   
   > One might think that a Parish clerk would be converted to God a bit   
   > sooner than that! Maybe not, however: someone assured me many years ago   
   > that most cathedral organists in England are atheists (on what evidence   
   > or knowledge I don't know).   
      
   They know there can be no silent kneeling on those pedals.   
      
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