All about Abbot Cuthbert Brogan Blackadder!
No, not really, but wouldn't that have been an idea for Messrs Atkinson & Curtis!!
Actually probably inspiration for all manner of scripts and parody...
Mork Calling Orson
Went to Farnborough Abbey last week.
The guest rooms were very basic but comfortable. The monk's rooms were basically very comfortable!
Farnborough Abbey P.T.A. (Post Truth Association!)
Peyton Place / Farnborough Abbey
The original "Another Abbot Extraordinary" blog found at this address was actually apparently inspired by this book and here is a remnant of the blog saved on a readers computer, recently discovered and now returning home!
Ye Olde Originale Blogge (excerpt)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Further Inaccuracies?
In their letter to this blog Messrs Eggar listed a number of comments that contained allegedly
false accusations against our impeccable Abbot. Then as now we asserted that do not wish to judge
and promptly apologised for any possible harm, deleted the allegedly offensive material and closed
the comments. This blog is no place for unsubstantiated allegations.
false accusations against our impeccable Abbot. Then as now we asserted that do not wish to judge
and promptly apologised for any possible harm, deleted the allegedly offensive material and closed
the comments. This blog is no place for unsubstantiated allegations.
Subsequently we noted that several correspondents wrote in to assert the truth of what they had
written. Without prejudice to the good Abbot’s reputation we offered to refer these people to the
competent authorities so that they could put their case there. We are delighted to have been able
to do so since. Let the authorities do what is theirs to do.
written. Without prejudice to the good Abbot’s reputation we offered to refer these people to the
competent authorities so that they could put their case there. We are delighted to have been able
to do so since. Let the authorities do what is theirs to do.
One comment was not objected to by Messrs Eggar. It asserted that the Oxford degree attributed to
the Abbot on this site has never been awarded to him, which of course it has not. Fact.
the Abbot on this site has never been awarded to him, which of course it has not. Fact.
Perhaps this falsehood has nothing to do with the good Abbot? In that case surely Father Abbot has
instructed his solicitors to demand forthwith that this inaccurate information about him be immediately
withdrawn, lest it detract from and defame his reputation. No Oxford graduate he.
instructed his solicitors to demand forthwith that this inaccurate information about him be immediately
withdrawn, lest it detract from and defame his reputation. No Oxford graduate he.
Posted by Another Abbot Extraordinary at 2:07 PM
Go out to the whole world?
It is quite interesting for us to note that in the last month this blog has attracted in excess of 10-20 hits
from the following locations:
from the following locations:
USA: Los Angeles, California, Fresno, Bakersfield (CA), New York, Brooklyn, Newark (NY), Chicago,
Peoria (Il), Worcester, Boston, Cambridge, Petersham (MA).
Peoria (Il), Worcester, Boston, Cambridge, Petersham (MA).
Canada: Outremont, Hamilton, Toronto.
Ireland: Dublin
France: Paris, Nice, Lyons, Toulouse.
Germany: Berlin, Hamburg.
Italy: Rome, Milan, Padova
United Kingdom & Scotland: London, Chelmsford, Liverpool, Oxford, Edinburgh, Portsmouth,
Farnborough.
Farnborough.
This is by no means exhaustive. There have also been numerous hits from the following locations:
Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Australia, Algeria, Yemen, Oman, and Saudi Arabia; there are hits from
every country in continental Europe.
Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Australia, Algeria, Yemen, Oman, and Saudi Arabia; there are hits from
every country in continental Europe.
The hit counter, of course, gives some indication of this blog's popularity. There have been 1980
unique hits on the site in the last four weeks.
Posted by Another Abbot Extraordinary at 2:01 PM
Thursday, February 17, 2011
'I am the very model of a modern major [superior]'
While returning once again to the book which inspired this blog, we found the image above which
correlates nicely with the image of the Abbot of Farnborough in our previous post. If you have not
read Anson's book or even the excerpt posted here, you should. It makes for fascinating reading.
correlates nicely with the image of the Abbot of Farnborough in our previous post. If you have not
read Anson's book or even the excerpt posted here, you should. It makes for fascinating reading.
Image © traditionalcatholic.org.uk
Posted by Another Abbot Extraordinary at 3:46 AM
Monday, February 14, 2011
Congratulations
Image © traditionalcatholic.org.uk
(Apologies, I do not have or know which images are being referenced ~Tom~ )
Congratulations are due to our Abbot. According to the Charity Commission website the 2009 annual
returns for the Abbey charities were received by the Commission on Saint Scholastica’s day, a mere
102 days late. The 2008 and 2009 accounts are still to come. They are currently running at 471 and
106 days late respectively.
returns for the Abbey charities were received by the Commission on Saint Scholastica’s day, a mere
102 days late. The 2008 and 2009 accounts are still to come. They are currently running at 471 and
106 days late respectively.
The Abbot has been very busy attending to financial matters though, as his Ebay account
(davidcast67) shows. Perhaps it is the business of putting all these essential purchases into the
accounts that is taking so long? We can’t wait to see them. From the 2009 returns it looks like income
is substantially down.
(davidcast67) shows. Perhaps it is the business of putting all these essential purchases into the
accounts that is taking so long? We can’t wait to see them. From the 2009 returns it looks like income
is substantially down.
Our attention has also been drawn to the number of foreign trips which we have been told the Abbot
and monks of the monastery have made in the last eighteen months. Although our correspondent
has seen photographs from these outings, we have not posted them here. We do believe that they
include a number of trips to France (including Lourdes, other shrines in France and separately a
wedding) as well as Eastern Europe. Farnborough Monks have also been noticed at some other
events within Britain, including the Rosary Crusade in central London and, of course, that Pontifical
High Mass in Leicester.
and monks of the monastery have made in the last eighteen months. Although our correspondent
has seen photographs from these outings, we have not posted them here. We do believe that they
include a number of trips to France (including Lourdes, other shrines in France and separately a
wedding) as well as Eastern Europe. Farnborough Monks have also been noticed at some other
events within Britain, including the Rosary Crusade in central London and, of course, that Pontifical
High Mass in Leicester.
Posted by Another Abbot Extraordinary at 3:39 PM
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