European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wending Long the Pilgrim s Fri Ltd in a Ilone Urt Hway the Dihedral Wartt Terry Liting around it. Stripes photos by Gus Schuettler baking Cruces u. K. Bureau this year 2.5 million tourists to Perti it of them from abroad will make their Way Nhul hit pilgrims of Chaucer s Day to Canterbury. In the Middle Ages according to c kor. Or s Canterbury , they wended Alunni the pilgrims Way. From every Shire s end of or Canterbury nowadays they areas Likely to lie Ami Rii ans on 3 pinball Lour of England ecclesiastical Siles York Minster yesterday Canterbury . Westminster tomorrow or Continental trippers. The City is Only 55 Miles Southeast of London Mil Usi in Miles from Dover England s principal ferry Purl Canterbury still retains ils ancient . Parts of it Are enclosed within the medic in City Walls about half of which remain As does the keep of the Castle which has defied periodic attempts aver the ten Luries to demolish it dominating the narrow streets with their overhanging half Limber erf buildings is Canterbury s incomparable Cathedral where Mil Lonj ago a poster outside in read St. Augu Hine founded in Chaucer to ofe about it cram Well shot at it Hitler bomber in. Time is to filming it. Will you give to save in have no fear. Enough Money has trickled in to restoration of the Honey coloured masonry find to keep the , perhaps England s most intricate and Beautiful from crumbling away. It was in Canterbury that English christianity Lam Ververi Imrick Saint Augustine a missionary my England s first archbishop Augustine Buill a Chun h tin Law sir i it the Cathedral in m 2, bul fire destroyed in the part sent Cathedral was founded in 107 1, us Dir years after the Norman conquer. The lobe rebuilt in the 141h Century and the lower talk a Bell i Larry was added in 1500. Cml Bury became a place r f pilgrimage because of a monstrous event that took place i Here on Dei. 29, 1170. On thin Day four French knights hacked to death archbishop Thomas i Weikel As he Knell in prayer within the Cathedral. Some that his deals if not actually ordered and been greatly desired by England s King Henry 11, a former Friend of the clerk who had turned on him in a quarrel Over the Powers of the Church. The sacrilegious murder in the Louised the hear of England. Secret was irn Merlati by proclaimed a Martyr. Pilgrims began wending their Way to his shrine from through but the medieval world. Within four years even Henry had been gathered into the cull s vortex walking As a nol 8 trip of met Tibiae a omber 20, 1966
