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ASCENSION DAY, working on
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ASCENSION DAY, working on 1880 Daily News 7 May 6 [Bangor, Caernarvon.]
Ascension Day is always rigorously observed by the men employed at the Bethesda Slate Quarries … consequent upon an old superstition … that working on that day will be attended with an accident … Yesterday the old custom was observed, and the quarries were at a standstill....
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Choir embarks on tower climb
Citizen Gloucestershire, The
; A Christian festival will be celebrated in song from a great height this week. The Gloucester Cathedral choir will climb to the top of the tower to sing on Ascension Day (Thursday) at the end of the 7am Eucharist. After getting their breath back following the strenuous ascent, choir members will
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 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Day must be a celebration
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)
; Sir, - Thursday, May 17, is Ascension Thursday, when throughout the whole of Christendom, following the instruction given by the Apostolic Church in Acts 1.v3, Christ's ascension into Heaven is celebrated. But, believe it or not, not this year, by Catholics in England and Wales. And not any year in
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Out of our sight, but not minds
Citizen Gloucestershire, The
; Last Thursday was Ascension Day, the day in the Church's year when we remember the final event of Jesus' earthly ministry. Forty days after Easter - which is why Ascension Day always falls on a Thursday - we recall Jesus leading his disciples out to Bethany, blessing them and telling them '"You
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Special service.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
; The 40 days of Easter will end on Thursday with an Ascension Day service at 7.30pm in Huddersfield Parish Church. The Rev Catherine Ogle, Vicar of Huddersfield, said: This is one of my favourite times. Ascension Day ends Easter celebrations on a high note, as we celebrate the ascension of Jesus
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Ascension day - and all is well
Gloucestershire Echo, The
; Preparations are under way in Bisley to celebrate Ascension Day. Children from Bisley Blue Coat CofE Primary will march through the streets with flowers for their well-dressing tomorrow. The tradition was started in 1863 by the Rev Thomas Keble, Bisley's vicar for almost 50 years, to give thanks
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