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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Entirely likely. Felpersham seems like the sort of Diocese that makes a lot of internal appointments (I certainly never see anything from there advertised in the Church Times!)...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hello. Yes it absolutely is: The DDO position is relatively senior but not quite as senior as Archdeacon and I actually knew someone who went straight from being a DDO to an Archdeacon (a post he still retains). So totes possible.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That was before I was reminded of the whole factor about paying him back for these flowers, which he'd obviously done from his own pocket so she could recompense him... Although that in itself raises red flags about personal boundaries with vulnerable parishioners... #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As an incumbent he'd have had to attend the one either on Zoom or in person, but even someone doing the basic and foundation level click-through courses would have had financial abuse flagged to them...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And she's a lawyer, so she'll be able to word a formal complaint very objectively.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As the actor playing Alan is 74, and we can assume that Alan isn't much younger, and as clergy are supposed to retire at 70, the easiest option for the Diocese is Alan's retirement. ...Whilst perhaps the easiest option for Alan is to give Anna £5940... #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And £60 seems steep for a bunch of flowers!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Or if he did, he was one of the ones who sits at the back on their phones muttering about "bureaucratic red tape" (as everyone else in the room marks them as odds-on for the next safeguarding crisis)... #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You'd hope so, but in any institution, as in life, there are eejits everywhere!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you, but the training is mandatory and we have to renew it every three years, so you'd think "prioritise transparency when vulnerable people are trying to make donations" should be ingrained! #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Still, his safeguarding training should have kicked in and he should have informed Anna to keep it above board. "Oh, I don't have my bank details on me. I'll pass them on to you when I'm home..." buys time to work out how to keep it above board... #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For a man who made such a faff of logging into his online banking in tonight's episode, he just happened to have his ac and sc to hand? I would have to go and look mine up - usually by logging into my online banking! #TheArchers

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Zaunvi Caitvitwt: Spongebob Holding Box

Alt: Suspicious spongebob

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It would make sense... Anna is likely to want this investigated.

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Didn't I call it? Didn't I call it? And why is he having her transfer the money into his personal account, a donation to the church should go to the church account? #TheArchers

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Bugs Bunny Counting Money

Alt: Bugs Bunny Counting Money

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Scrounge @scrounge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Drop some Transformations:

Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The song of Harvest Home has been raised! Happy #Harvest everyone!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wonder if this is the sort of thing the Archives would like to capitalise on? I have access to a couple of church halls in the area if its a help? 😁

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't think I knew about him! I know Roald Dahl lived on Hurst Road (in the parish!), and we really should make more of it...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Roald Dahl being a former local resident no less!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some top quality vicaring in tonight's episode of #TheArchers... ...What have they done with the real Alan?

Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ruth doing the old "I'm here to comfort you in your grief by telling you all about my own" line. Well done Anna for giving yourself the space. #TheArchers

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SpongeBob & Patrick: Close Door Selling

Alt: SpongeBob & Patrick: Close Door

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"It was just like a driving game, but real." ...As a non-driver myself, those are the words of a man who should never be put behind a wheel... #TheArchers

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Grand Theft Auto Pull Out Of Car

Alt: Grand Theft Auto Pull Out Of Car

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Isn't the whole point of being a film director to lend your own vision to the stories you're putting on screen?

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Narnia's Aslan Nods in the Woods

Alt: Narnia's Aslan

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And wasn't he the one that set up the banking app for her in the first place? #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Same as the week that garlic bread got burnt...

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"One must never place a l̶o̶a̶d̶e̶d̶ ̶g̶u̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶g̶e̶ large amount of money in the vicar's bank account if it isn't going to go off." #TheArchers

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Chekov Pavel Chekov

Alt: Chekov Pavel Chekov

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Proving she wasn't in full capacity when she emptied her bank account into his, maybe? #TheArchers

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I was in hospital and Alan turned up at my bedside like this, I'd ask him to pray for me... ... ...silently... #TheArchers

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Can I Mute You? Sassy Response

Alt: Can I Mute You? Sassy Response

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have that recipe book! Other than the picture on the back it has NOTHING to do with Jon Pertwee!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

People who don't "understand" homosexual people, transgender people, climate change, or diversity are odd. I don't understand quantum physics, but I know that it's just because I don't have enough knowledge or aren't bright enough to understand it, not because it's a lie and doesn't exist.

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