Comments on: Too posh for the likes of us: the Great and the Good https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/ Exploring the secrets of family history Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2365 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:33:57 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2365 In reply to Diana Bush.

Yes! Come back, and we must meet up!

]]> By: Diana Bush https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2364 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:33:37 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2364 one of my first sightseeing trips in the uk duringmy OE in 2004 was to canterbury cathedral..i had no idea of my family connections to the waloon or hugenot chapel beneath until a couple years ago..i had no idea i had hugenot connections…what a wasted moment but what a reason to return!

]]> By: Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2270 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:27:34 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2270 In reply to Hephzi.

I’m glad you were moved by it, Haphzi = it was indeed heartfelt. I’m also so glad that we went back and found Hugh: very life-enhancing.

]]> By: Hephzi https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2268 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:40:26 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2268 I found this really moving, Jo. Your unfamiliarity with the Anglican environment, so interesting to “see” it from a different point of view. Your difficult quest to find the Huguenot Chapel – almost Arthurian in miniature – I’m so glad you found it in the nick of time and found some comfort there. Next time – go for it when you see the Archbish!

]]> By: Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2259 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:40:32 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2259 In reply to Ann V.

I was genuinely shocked that so little was made of the Chapel and what it represents. I was at least expecting modern signs outside the Chapel showing the flight of the refugees (there is information inside). It could be a sectarian issue, in that the Church of England isn’t Calvinist, or Reformed Church, but nonetheless…I hope Ukrainians will be welcomed by people of all faiths – and micro-sects – and none.

]]> By: Ann V https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2257 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:53:04 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2257 As ever, a fascinating post Jo.

I had no idea about the existence of this chapel and as you so aptly demonstrate, it was an (expensive) and time consuming effort to find it and still more difficult to get in.

What a terrific way to connect to the history both of the Huguenots in general and your own family history. Your photos neatly juxtapose the magnificence and scale of the Cathedral with the simplicity of the Huguenot Chapel.

Was there anything in the chapel about the Huguenots history? Maybe if you run across Justin Welby in the future you might prompt him to put something about that outside the chapel -so less persistant visitors than you might also learn about the Huguenot’s flight and welcome by the Canterbury Cathedral community.
It is a reminder to all of us that migrants everywhere- especially those fleeing oppression need help, not just for the material things but the spiritual too – or maybe just a place to regroup, to overcome trauma and through self help and community, find a way to heal.

I wonder whether in future there will be similar arrangements made for the fleeing Orthodox Christian Ukrainians.

I wish I had been with you. Challenging stuffed shirts- of which I came across many in my career- was fun pastime – although Justin Welby, for all the pomp and ceremony surrounding his role, sounds quite down to earth. I am glad the cathedral guides got the word round and enabled you to visit.

]]> By: Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2254 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:27:54 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2254 In reply to Bob.

Haha, Bob – just ask for the Archbishop, and then mention my name.

]]> By: Bob https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-2253 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:07:01 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538#comment-2253 Fascinating Jo. You have inspired me to want to visit this chapel. If i say I know you do you think they would let me in?

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