Sadly what Blu and Hamish has said is quite correct. You get so used to these things that you tend to take them for granted. I pass the church 3 or 4 times a day and don't give it a second look. I have need to go inside it at least once a week to use the photocopier in the vestry .. and still I don't really take much notice of the surroundings I'm in. Sure there are times when you do take it all in etc, but they are few and far between. After reading your comments here though it does make me feel lucky to be near such a place. My wife Elaine has sat a few times in the church on her own when I've been doing some photocopying there similar to what Ham has already said.
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Derek