Yeah, not so little. In fact it's a bloody cathedral! Does this mean I've uncovered some wealthy, aristocratic roots? Of course not. It turns out that St Albans Cathedral and Abbey Church, perhaps uniquely, is also a parish church, so not just the great and the good but the grungy and ordinary also got hatched, matched and dispatched in this amazing building that awed and inspired me as a child. We used to visit every summer with my grandparents. Who on earth would have thought it my own family had been married and baptised here. I can't wait to go visit again.
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We might be ordinary folk, but occasionally there is a flash of grandeur! St. Albans Abbey has always been a favourite, along with the market and Roman ruins. It's a wonderful old city.
Comment above is from Mum
That looks like the cathedral you took me to. Could it be?
It certainly is. In fact they're pictures that you took! do you remember we swapped photos at the end of trip and I had them on my computer.
I thought that they looked familiar. That was a pretty awsome trip.
Good times. -Jerry Blank
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