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Tue Aug 07 2007 at 6:57:53 And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - Jonah 1:17
The belly of the whale: Jonah (prophet of God, formerly of Galilee)
The back of the whale: Saint Brendan (Irish monk from Tralee in Ireland)
The head of the whale: Tashtego (harpooneer on the whaler
Pequod, formerly of Martha s Vineyard)
The belly of the whale: James Bartley (British seaman on the whaling ship
Star of the East.)
Four people, four big fish stories, some better known than others. Fisherman s tales often grow in the telling.
Jonah s Tale
Jonah, a prophet of God honoured in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition, was born in the area of Galilee, in a town called Gath-hepher. He was sent to prophesy by God, who told him
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Yarmouth Catholic church repairs underway Work is proceeding on urgent repairs to the roof of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Great Yarmouth thanks to a grant from English Heritage. The roof of the Grade II church on
Regent Road in the town has been leaking, and in places water had come in and ruined paintings. In the 1960 s the Welsh slate roof had been replaced by concrete tiles whose weight was causing huge strain on the roof timbers. The full restoration will cost around £1.5m, but the English Heritage grant of almost £150,000 has enabled the essential work to proceed, and a fund-raising campaign is underway to raise the rest. An online candle project will be launching soon allowing people to make donations from £1, with the aim of getting the whole community involved.
Keith Skipper
The final meeting of Mitford & Launditch RDC jut before abolition in 1974
- Credit: Archant
A homely epistle sent to this newspaper by a Broadland garage proprietor and published in May, 1952 carried a whimsical postscript destined to remain a potent warning to anyone keen on public service.
The letter from Norfolk comedian Sidney Grapes, who appeared on stage and in print as The Boy John, used our precious local dialect to furnish a favourite character with her customary dash of homespun philosophy.
It read : PS – Aunt Agatha, she say: “ If you want to keep friends wi’ the people in yar village, well, keep orf the parish council ”.