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UHM,

Now I'm really cross, my pics are too pixelated when I enlarge them!!
But here is a pic from elsewhere.
Louise

Never seen anything quite like that before

Thanks for posting the pic

UHM,

Chesterfield's crooked spire
The parish church of St. Mary’s and All Saints in Chesterfield may be the largest church in Derbyshire, and it may have several chapels, alabaster tombs and a full range of historic treasures, but the thing that most people recognise it for is its crooked spire. The spire wasn’t always crooked. It started life straight and stayed that way for several centuries, before developing its unique twist.

There are plenty of legends about how it came to be leaning nine-and-a-half feet to the south-west. Some say that a local blacksmith was asked to shoe the devil and was so nervous, he drove a nail into his foot. The devil flew off and kicked out at the spire as he passed by. In the second tale, the devil landed on the spire and sneezed violently when the smell of incense from the midnight mass reached his nose. And in the third, the spire turned around in amazement when a virgin was married in the church.

The most likely explanation, though, is the lack of skilled craftsmen during the Black Death in 1349, when the spire was being built, along with the use of green timber, a lack of cross-bracing and 32 tons of lead cladding.


Louise

How big are your feet then???

Yeah, I don't think the Devil stories are true!

If he had been that mad he would of kicked it right off the church

Depends how many Midget Gems or Blue Smarties he'd had.

Jason 123,

A glorious size 10. I've got bigger feet than my husband, he's a size 9 1/2. Interestingly enough all of the women on my dad's side have nothing smaller than a size 7. I've got girly shoes and the the obligatory black stilletoes, so if hubby wants to see 'The Rocky Horror ' show he can borrow my shoes!!
My daughters are carrying on the family tradition, my 7 year old takes a size 4 and my 9 year old takes a size 5 1/2.
I've got big hands with long fingers too, a shame I don't play the piano. My husband is happy that he never has to traipse around shoe shops with me, just getting wide enough school shoes for the girls can be tricky.

Louise

I like women with big hands.

Jason 123,

You know what they say about women with big hands?

Louise

talking about handjobs in public wont be tolerated for long on the forum, do you know how to PM

Big gloves!!
Now I'm shocked because I'm a good girl I am!!!!
Louise

just off for a cold shower

Lucky you. I'm stuck with my builders' tub and flannel until our bathroom is done.

Louise

Our bathroom was finished along time ago, the silicon often releases off the builders bucket, but does us northerners fine, cant get much coal in it though.

Jason 123,

I'm sure my miner ancestors would be proud of me, after all they probably had tin baths. I'm told that I may get aquapanel and a toilet put in this week, if I'm lucky. A bathroom wall would also be good, there are only so many tunes whistalable on the loo.

Louise