Have a go at our next caption competition (above) of a nun on her day off in Norwich. Send entries by email only to captioncompetition@churchtimes.co.uk by 9 a.m., Monday 24 March.
We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide a credit and confirm that those pictured are happy for the photo to be used.
Here is the winning entry for the previous competition:
Paulette Yallop
These marmalade sandwiches are becoming a bit of a habit, Sister (Paul Jenkins)
A selection of entries for this week’s competition: a nun on her day off in Norwich:
“If you’re looking for Platform 9¾, that’s King’s Cross. This is Paddington” (Roly Cobbett); “How I wish we had marmalade sandwiches like that for our breakfast at the convent!” (Daphne Foster); “Could I have a bite? The Order has run out of marmalade” (Gilbert Spencer); “St Paddington of Bear’s statue offered pilgrims a chance to paws for thought” (Nick Baker); “Other fillings are available, said Sr Elizabeth, as she tried to persuade Paddington to try the mustard that Norwich is famous for” (Sue Chick); “Do you, by chance, have any of those Carmelite sandwiches?” (Stephen James); “With the only other options in the parish notices being a three-hour meeting with the vicar, or to replant the entire churchyard, Paulette was quite happy volunteering to ‘Please look after this bear’” (Philip Lickley); “Do you know the Peruvian Gloria?” (David Uden); “Shh, don’t tell anyone, but there’s a jar of whisky marmalade under mine. . .” (Mary Hawkins); “The bear necessities: a marmalade sandwich and a kind lady” (Wendy Walker).
“I think someone has put Marmite in this sandwich, not marmalade” (Richard Hough); “Marmalade sandwiches can become habit-forming!” (Carol Pattrick); “Paddington couldn’t eat his sandwich — he was already stuffed!” (Mark Parry); “My friend has been advising me how to get out of a jam” (Helga Brandt); “We thought the ‘visitor from Peru’ would be a missionary” (Valerie Budd); “Do you keep your marmalade sandwiches under your hat or in your blue bag?” (John Radford); “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But that marmalade sandwich certainly looks good” (Alison Woods).
“Paddington, my dear, you’re so lucky you were not found at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Station!” (John Saxbee); “The ventriloquist wars were hotting up. Only a rival would have conceived of a left-hand superglue sabotage” (Jonathan Kimber); “Paddington’s been sitting there for years, and she’s the first person patient enough to wait for him to share” (John Davies); “Paddington had to finish the sandwich as he was giving up marmalade for Lent” (Brian Stevenson).
“For some unknown reason, the lady kept calling him Rupert” (Bill de Quick);
“Oh dear. I thought I’d got off at ‘Nuneaten’” (Paul Vincent); “You remind me, Ma’am, of when I met the Queen. While I was named after a station, she was named after a whole railway line!” (Julian Ashton); “I’m not in the habit — so feeling a little ‘bear’” (Janice Walkden); “There’s nun better than a heavenly marmalade sandwich!” (Chaz Griffiths); “Getting Paddington to agree to judge the marmalade entries was a real coup, but his travel expenses wiped out any profit” (Vicky Deasley).
As ever, the winner receives a prize of Fairtrade chocolate, courtesy of Divine Chocolate.
