No Mean City
November 23, 2009 in Uncategorized | No comments
Also: when I was moving some photos from my phone to my computer, I found this picture I’d forgotten about, of a stained glass panel at Old Mariner’s Church.
Under the city skyline it reads: “I am a citizen of no mean city.” And it gives me a little chill.

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