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 | | I had made myself cosy in the Bishop’s study in Northampton, the fire was on, the curtains drawn and the double doors to the study, both outer and inner, were closed to prepare for this evening’s celebration. |
 | | I was thinking of all of you: parishioners, deacons, and bishops, all of you friends and then the fifteen agonising months of rumour leading to my appointment as Bishop of Northampton and my ordination on 28 June. |
 | | Included in the coat of arms are three roses, representing the Rose of Lancashire, where I was born, the Rose of Northampton, where I now serve and the Rose of Hampshire which, I hope, can embrace Berkshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, representing my thirty-seven years in the Diocese of Portsmouth. |
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