Walking Tour of Canterbury Cathedral

[@nikkianderson3515]

The cathedral is spectacular! Thank you for showing us around! Wow!

[@nonyatorth]

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm glad we can stay in touch in this way!

[@kelleclectic]

Oh my goodness. The were singing Taize songs in the crypt. My soul is glowing! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@raycornford283]

Loved the seagull's commentary on your singing!

[@kelleclectic]

Oh, look. Another comment from Kella. One of my favorite things about old cathedrals is the erosion in the doorways from so many footsteps over centuries. Makes me feel incredibly connected to so many humans who have passed through it in the past.

[@nonyatorth]

Kellaaaaaa, I totally agree. It is baffling to me. Always.

[@thomasrayner657]

Had my university graduation ceremony at the cathedral. Amazing experience.

[@FlbcImp]

My daughter had her graduation there,surrounded by all that history I couldn't think of anywhere better.

[@mickparker3726]

You’ve come along way with your vlogs, the content is lovely.

[@nonyatorth]

Thank you, I don't post daily - but I will post soon! Soaking up family time while back in the US.

[@michaelstamper5604]

I grew up in Canterbury and my school choir (including me) sang in the cathedral twice. Due to the acoustics, the "echoes" travel round the building for several seconds. Surreal experience hearing your voice still singing when you've been standing totally silent for the past 4 or 5 seconds.

[@nonyatorth]

What a dream! During a visit to hear an organ concert, we caught the tail end of the choir who performer before hand and it is just gorgeous.

[@2e1r3s2]

I went to the school built around the cathedral precincts, the Kings school, which was founded in 597 A.D. in the early 80's. We had morning prayers in the cathedral every morning in the summer.

[@peterjones-b5b]

we used to call you king school boys 'penguins' due to the uniform you wore ... and the fact you walked funny !! lol

[@DanielR-ug9sl]

One of the things that interests me most about the Cathedral is not in the grandness, but in the mundane. Steps that have worn with people walking on them for x hundred years, graffiti carved into stone maybe 600 years ago of a person that history may have completely forgotten their existence. There in that little scratching is all we will ever know about their entire life. Who were they? what did they dream of? Will there be an echo of me or anyone I know in 500 years? edit: posted before I watched the entire video.. glad you showed some graffiti!

[@abigailjohnson4270]

I love ancient graffiti… all those people, just like us but not because of the times they were in… we are so lucky to have all this history everywhere in the UK. I’m in Truro now and we have a cathedral here and it’s lovely..

[@pelhamh]

Great video! I was a student at The King’s School until 1991. Very hard environment to concentrate on your studies in given the romantic surroundings and beautiful girls who went to the school. To make matters worse, they all spoke with that lovely BBC accent!

[@nonyatorth]

I cannot imagine being lucky enough to attend the Kings school. Such a beautiful place to grow up even if for just a few years! Thanks for watching!

[@steveclancy6474]

My Uni town for 3 years. after 15 years away I came back at Christmas with my wife. Walking on the evening of the 26th the misty empty streets with only a single pub open must have been close to life hundreds of years ago.

[@nonyatorth]

I'm so glad you got to visit! The quiet that you can experience in town at times does feel like a portal to the past.

[@christydefontes8501]

Love it!!

[@captaincorky237]

Lovely. Like my vicar said - try and get your friends and neighbours to come along, because we are odd- but we are not THAT odd!

[@mickyandrosie]

Have you watched Michael Powell's strange but magical 1944 film 'A Canturbury Tale'? The Cathedral plays a large part in it. You may like it.

[@nonyatorth]

I will add it to my list! Thank you!

[@mickyandrosie]

@@nonyatorth try to ensure you watch the fully restored version (without a voiceover) as it was fully restored by the British Film Institute in the late 1970s and the new print was hailed as a masterwork of British cinema. It has since been reissued on DVD in both the UK and USA. Legacy

[@abigailjohnson4270]

I did my second degree in Canterbury and it is always SO cold! Because it’s so near the sea it’s windy… The cathedral is beautiful though… it’s a lovely city…

[@nonyatorth]

It's a dream!

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

Why did i read the thumbnail as she in the cried crypt.

[@ExpendableRedshirt]

In the U.K., always carry a plastic carrier bag, that can be folded up when not being used, and put it on wet benches to sit on...

[@user-man-now80]

Really interesting and I agree a fascinating building. You could possibly ask about doing voluntary work, with view to eventually getting a paid job. Just an idea. Cheers ! Sheffield South Yorkshire.

[@nonyatorth]

Genius Idea! Thanks for stopping by!

[@MrJohnyysmith]

If you want an idea of how cathedrals got built so many centuries ago, read the Ken Follet historical novel The Pillars of the Earth and its sequel World Without End . But not a mention or look at the location of probably the most notable thing that happened here. The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by four knights of Henry II in 1170 . And only a quick glance at the tomb of the Black Knight which always seemed the most interesting tomb to me. Did you notice walking down Burgate where the new buildings turned old? The south side of town was flattened by German bombs during WWII Looking up inside the cathedral did you notice the walking gallery half way up, and all round (just below the workman), and around the main Bell Harry Tower. Or the hole in the ceiling at the top. Above that is an ancient human power tread wheel (like a hamster wheel) for raising 'stuff'. Really useful when restoring the roof

[@nonyatorth]

I will definitely check Follet out! - I am just a person making videos for my friends and family to see and not really deep dive into the history, but I just sat with my mom and we talked at length about Thomas Becket. The lack of information is to not provide inaccurate information, but the stuff you shared is stuff I have noticed, but thank you for sharing. I am eager to read and learn more!

[@fellforit]

I've lived in England my whole life, and really didn't have any other frame of reference, but having participated in the online community for some years, it has started to give me some perception ofthe impact to people who come from a youngish country might feel like seeing graffiti from 4-5 and 6 hundred years ago.

[@nonyatorth]

They just don't even compute in my mind. Graves are marked and older than my country. Like... what....??

[@IanDuckworth-n4b]

Canterbury was flattened by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War not a building stood in the town centre but the Cathedral was unscathed. Similarly when Cologne suffered a similar fate their Cathedral had hardly a scratch.

[@nonyatorth]

I still have much to learn - thanks for sharing!

[@heyfitzpablum]

I stopped there once after coming through the Chunnel. I remember they had a British officer who was killed in WW1 in one of the tombs, not sure why he was buried in the Cathedral but it was memorable.

[@nonyatorth]

I haven't experienced the Chunnel yet!

[@heyfitzpablum]

@@nonyatorth I've used it several times, drove cars from France to England and back. You load cars on a train and just sit in the car, about a 20 minute ride as I recall. You just lean back and sleep, it's very peaceful.

[@theolder_man5768]

Note to American visitors: never be afraid of exploring the English Church, from the Cathedral down to the village church. They are often the oldest building in the area, many are open to casual visitors and may have an old lady who will tell you about the history( at length ). Unfortunately some cathedrals charge for entry- supposedly voluntarily.

[@nonyatorth]

I have a vlog - I think it's titled walking to the ocean - and we went into a church that was just open and it was so incredible but definitely felt wrong as someone who doesn't frequent it.

[@theolder_man5768]

@@nonyatorth People are usually proud of and want to show off their, often, ancient Church. There is a small, much altered Church on the way to York. I tried the door but it was locked when an old gentleman who had been tidying the grave yard and said, if I would wait a few minutes he would pop back into the village to get the key. I didn't want to put him out, but he said that it was no problem as I had probably wanted see the mermaid carving. He was right , and left with many photos of the interior and the mermaid. St Helen's Bilton On Ainsty.

[@dcpesses]

24:56 Did you find out more about the cross-stitch?

[@nonyatorth]

Kella sent me some information and we believe it might have previously been a piece on an alter railing? Next time I go I will ask the staff.

[@kelleclectic]

Maybe the cross stitch was from a communion kneeler? That's my best bet with the grape/wheat motif! Im curious now, too!

[@nonyatorth]

Love reading this knowing you did a deep dive!

[@anthonyferris8912]

My local cathedral costs £6000 a day to maintain. Nothing like as grand, but actually quite a bit older.

[@barrywedge1459]

Yay the city I live in

[@nonyatorth]

Best City!

[@barrywedge1459]

@nonyatorth thanks, much better in summer though

[@lancewhite1477]

My son's in the crypt every couple of weeks or so, as they're cataloguing the medieval graffiti in there.

[@nonyatorth]

He's living my dream. Wow!

[@IanDuckworth-n4b]

There are new statues outside now, of Queen Elizabeth 2 and Prince Philip.

[@nonyatorth]

Yes!! My video before this we tried to go in the evening but they shut down early. Danny pointed them out when we were looking the the newly refreshed area. Beautiful!

[@KissMeWhereIWee]

Ewwww. The next republic will be televised.

[@HelstonTube]

She in the cried crypt

[@nonyatorth]

we up in the crypt gonna be crying

[@QPRTokyo]

Totally wasted on them.