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Residents' interview
1. Where do you live?
Canterbury
Durham
London
York
2. When was your most recent visit to the Cathedral?
Note: Answer to the best of your recollection. "14th May 2015", "May 2015" and "2015" are all acceptable answers.
3. Why did you visit the Cathedral, and with whom did you go?
4. Have you visited the Cathedral on other occasions, for other reasons?
Yes
No
5. Did you attend any form of worship or prayers or ritual during your last visit?
Yes
No
6. Did you participate in anything else, such as a guided tour, or a concert?
Yes
No
7. Did you light a candle?
Yes
No
8. What did you find most surprising about your visit/pilgrimage to the Cathedral? Why?
9. Is there any one feature or area of the Cathedral to which you feel especially drawn? Can you explain why?
10. What is your least favourite feature or area of the Cathedral? Why?
11. What do you think the Cathedral's main purpose is? In other words, do you see it primarily as a pilgrimage destination, a spiritual place, a historic/heritage site, a working church, or something else?
12. Thinking about your experience in the Cathedral, how would you describe yourself? (Pilgrim, visitor, worshipper, spiritual tourist, a mixture of these, or something else?)
13. Have you visited any other cathedrals and/or pilgrimage destinations? Which ones?
14. How would you compare your experience of this Cathedral with the other site(s)?
15. Did you see your visit to the Cathedral as a pilgrimage?
Yes
No
16. Do you think that having to pay to enter a Cathedral affects whether you see yourself as visiting a heritage site or having a spiritual experience (possibly being a pilgrim)?
17. Did you come here before charging was introduced?
Yes
No
N/A
18. How conscious are you of the Cathedral when walking around the city?
19. Do you bring visitors to the city to the Cathedral? In your opinion, which other parts of the city are essential to show visitors?
20. Do you attend any Christmas events at the Cathedral? If so, with whom and why?
21. Did the Year of Mercy make you think differently about pilgrimage? If yes, can you tell us how?
22. Did you walk the Way of Mercy within the Cathedral? If yes, could you tell us in as much detail as possible why you did so?
23. If you visited the Cathedral because of the Year of Mercy and/or did the Way of Mercy within the Cathedral, does it make you think differently about the Cathedral as a place of pilgrimage?
Is there anything you would like to add?
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