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    Elizabeth Anderson

    Agreed! When I was in Bath earlier this summer, James and I stopped by the Abbey curious to see inside and possibly join Matins, which was about to start. When we discovered the service would be an hour we were concerned, since we had only a little while to spend in Bath before dashing off to Wales to visit rellies for tea. But the stewards were lovely, happily directing us to a pew at the rear and saying we were welcome for how ever much of the service we could attend. Despite the fact that it was the 19-something-maybe-actually-16-something-scarily-old-fashioned-and-exclusive liturgy that sent me mentally reeling back to the 1982 Scottish Blue Book in panic, the welcome to tourists was most well, welcome!

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