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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Lesley Cox on September 07, 2009, 02:56:03 AM

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 07, 2009, 02:56:03 AM

Giles, can you give a little information about your avatar picture please. So far as I can tell from the small image, it appears to be an effigy of Billy the Conk or someone of that period. :)

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Giles on September 07, 2009, 09:51:19 AM

Lesley,
I explained about it on another thread.
It's the effigy of 'Sir Giles Reed' on his tomb,at St Giles's Church, Bredon (near where I go to college).

I died a while ago, but nobody seemed to notice ...... :-[

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Maggi Young on September 07, 2009, 12:30:29 PM

Quote from: Giles on September 07, 2009, 09:51:19 AM

Lesley,
I explained about it on another thread.
It's the effigy of 'Sir Giles Reed' on his tomb,at St Giles's Church, Bredon (near where I go to college).

I died a while ago, but nobody seemed to notice ...... :-[

 I knew that it would have made a difference if you had arranged for a chocolate fountain at the wake, Giles..... but you wouldn't listen......... :'(

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 07, 2009, 08:56:59 PM

I suppose you are now a strong believer in the concept of resurrection Giles. :)

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Giles on September 07, 2009, 09:37:32 PM

.....and hoping for a baronetcy this time round  ;D

Title: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 07, 2009, 10:25:33 PM

Well good luck for it Giles. My Roger is always somewhat surprised that his own name is never mentioned. ???

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 23, 2009, 08:31:36 AM

I was thinking it might be St Giles as in
"From the hallowed halls of St Giles,
came a scream that could be heard for miles
said the Abbot, "Good Gracious
has Brother Ignatius,
forgotten the Bishop has ....."
 ;D ;D ;D
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Giles on September 23, 2009, 11:12:48 PM

 :o

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 24, 2009, 12:25:55 AM

Quote from: Giles on September 23, 2009, 11:12:48 PM

:o

Sorry, Giles. Signs of my mis-spent youth :-[
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: arillady on September 24, 2009, 10:26:12 AM

Had to look at this thread just to see what it was about
I was going to post a couple of photos of similar grave monuments seen in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris but I have not scanned them into this laptop. One of a man getting out of a grave.

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Giles on December 24, 2009, 11:46:37 PM

....I guess it's time to take Dobbin down to the glue factory and trade-up for 2010. She was getting a bit long in the tooth, and the damsels-in-distress
were proving very hard to please in these parts.......

Title: Re: Digression of a lost knight
Post by: Maggi Young on December 25, 2009, 12:06:18 AM

Very fancy car, Giles..... going for the "Knight Rider" look ,are you?

I just can't ( and don't wish) to picture you as David Hasselhoff - he's got so seedy!

Beats waiting for Santa, though!! Merry Christmas!