Cathedrals again.

I wrote in my post, Church, Cathedral or Museum, last year here about entrance fee’s to Cathedrals and their upkeep.

The news tells us today here that visitors donate, on average, 55p a visit.  There isn’t even a chocolate bar in our local shop that can be purchased for that and a pack of Polo’s wouldn’t give much, if any, change.  Is that really what the public think the architecture, music, quiet, art, memo’s and history is worth? Less than a chocolate bar which isn’t nearly as healthy and the instant effects don’t last nearly as long and as for the long term affects….