Doors Open 2017

[rusty_armour]

This year, my brother was brave enough to accompany me during this year’s Doors Open weekend. As usual, it was a challenge to narrow down the choices when there were so many buildings to choose from. In the end, we decided to focus on the area around Yonge and King and visited St. James Cathedral, Tom Jones Steakhouse, and the Commerce Court

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[karen9]

Thank you. This was certainly worth the wait. You visit such interesting places and post excellent photographs with fascinating information.

The cathedral is beautiful, both inside and outside. I particularly like the spire and the carved organ casings. Your brother looks as if he was enjoying himself ringing the changes. When I read of ringing bells I always think of Dorothy Sayer's Nine Tailors novel. The graffiti by the 19th C choirboy is wonderful!

The Tom Jones restaurant is certainly magnificent, but because I disapprove of steakhouses, I skimmed through those photos! I guess you know of the famous Elephant & Castle in London?

The Commerce North Court is attractive, the carvings, the lovely ceilings and elevator doors. The banking hall is absolutely spectacular. I think a comparison with a magnificent Roman building is appropriate. I like the office equipment and uniforms, though I remember using an old telephone like that when I was young. Your brother was enjoying himself again! He looks mischievous.

[rusty_armour]

Thank you. This was certainly worth the wait. You visit such interesting places and post excellent photographs with fascinating information.

Thank you very much, karen9! :-D I'm glad this post was worth the wait. I'm happy you found it interesting and liked my photos.

The cathedral is beautiful, both inside and outside. I particularly like the spire and the carved organ casings.

I'm glad you think it's beautiful. I've been to St. James Cathedral at least a few times, and I'm always struck by its beauty. The spire certainly adds to the cathedral's beauty. I think the organ casings are one of my favourite things about St. James. :-)

Your brother looks as if he was enjoying himself ringing the changes.He probably enjoyed it more than I did. I think I was terrible at it. In my defence, you can't instantly tell if you've rung the bell properly. It doesn't ring on that first pull because it's circling around. I honestly couldn't tell if I was doing it correctly or not because I never heard the bell ring. Maybe it did and I assumed it was

[karen9]

The adjective my family often uses for him is "git" (especially my mom). That's interesting, I thought only the Brits used "git!"

[rusty_armour]

Oh, it's definitely British. I can't remember why we started using the word. I may have started throwing it around in my adolescence/early adulthood when I first came across it. I could see it sticking that way. There are some words that came into family use through my mom's (Lancashire) side of the family. I know I've received funny looks when I've used the word "flannel" instead of "facecloth." *g*

[karen9]

Flannel is familiar to me too, though we don't use it much. Younger South Africans are far more likely to use American expressions than British, though it's the other way with the older generations.