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Fr Edward Barlow

@edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social

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Vicar. #DoctorWho Fan. Knitter. Dad to #SEND/PDA child. Husband. Non-Driver. #Philosophy graduate. Former RE Teacher. #AcousticNeuroma. #Bexley He/Him All stunts my own.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · Mar 22

Words online may appear differently on other people's screens to how they appear in our heads.

In the interests of accountability, if you see me post anything that goes against the digital charter, please send a gentle DM.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 46m

Also the principle of "If you break it they'll tell you..."

(Only works if they find out though...)

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18h

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the many versions of the Time Scoop from 'The Five Doctors', my favourite is the 4K Claudia Winkleman edition.

#DoctorWho #CelebrityTraitors

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 19h

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 20h

Unsolicited pyx pics.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

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Rev Peter Organ @revorg.bsky.social · 1d

Best I could do.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

I'll let someone with Photoshop take over from here:

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

Is that a platawn of Judawn eating up your lawn?

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

Quiet wish that the Church Times would adopt the editorial house style of Doctor Who Magazine when it comes to casting announcements...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

I once had a colleague who left her job before Christmas only to then reappear in January as a supply teacher covering the post she herself had vacated.

I told her she owed me the two quid I'd stuck in her leaving whip-round...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

And no sign of Tilly Button either...
#TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

How many of Captain Grunderpants's "friends" will have completely "forgotten" about him while he's been in prison?
#TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Surely the point of a Nobel Prize is to shine a spotlight on the achievements of the winner, rather than the blusterings of the person who wanted it but didnt get it?

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era;

Some point in the last decade of the 20th Century. Ruffs were in vogue (at least, they were in the circles I moved in...)

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Plot Twist for #TheArchers: In a bid to resupply their toxic masculinity quotation after the last eviction, Captain Grunderpants is transferred directly from prison into the #BigBrother House...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Given the propensity of #TheArchers to give us a cliffhanger just before the weekend, we can no doubt expect Captain Grunderpants's Welcome Home Party to be more dramatic than the release!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing's going to bring the crowds flocking like advertising a "Covid-Style Service", Susan!
#TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

"Try not to worry too much about the rats..."

That's what they said before the plague, Chris!

#TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

Amber: "It'd gonna be brilliant seeing George every day...!"
Brad: "Yeah... (awkward pause)... That'd be nice..."

Says Brad, who knows what George is really like...

#TheArchers

Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

It's stodgy enough to make a decent loaf:

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

Very kind of you to say so.

Unfortunately it was a little too high up in the oven and the mouse's bum got singed:

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

Watching tonight's #Panorama on #SEND - so glad we fought (and are continuing to fight) the #EOTAS battle for our son but wish our Local Authority would grow a moral backbone...

Panorama, Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kk2j via @bbciplayer

Panorama - Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge

EastEnders actor Kellie Bright meets parents who say they’re exhausted by the fight to get the right education for their autistic children.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

You mean that wasn't her playing this guy?: