tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1201017859343364154..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Wareham, DorsetPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-21259048197938592392014-10-17T10:43:12.049+01:002014-10-17T10:43:12.049+01:00The Black Friar's Arts and Crafts interior is ...The Black Friar's Arts and Crafts interior is a true gem.<br /><br />Reading the Black Bear's reviews on Tripadvisor, I think I would confine my inspection to the exterior, if I were you! Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-59381131116037210782014-10-05T21:49:06.163+01:002014-10-05T21:49:06.163+01:00I'll do that. I've never been inside.I'll do that. I've never been inside. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-17788938107113492472014-10-05T21:09:37.180+01:002014-10-05T21:09:37.180+01:00Joe: Yes the Black Friar is amazing. It's wort...Joe: Yes the Black Friar is amazing. It's worth getting off the bus and having a closer look. There are friars, and other decoration, all over the interior too.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-79859655588926321802014-10-05T15:10:51.558+01:002014-10-05T15:10:51.558+01:00From the upper deck of the number 63, I always not...From the upper deck of the number 63, I always notice the Black Friar pub on Queen Victoria Street – one of those surviving Victorian buildings in central London, many of them pubs, that look even more gem-like set against the sparer modern buildings. The portly friar himself stands above the door on the sharp southward corner. http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/pubs/9l.jpgJoe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31312930163150137842014-10-04T10:16:07.791+01:002014-10-04T10:16:07.791+01:00E Berris: Yes, googling this inn, the pictures do ...E Berris: Yes, googling this inn, the pictures do seem to show a statue of a bear peering down from the parapet.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-73236783556266721392014-10-03T21:26:31.041+01:002014-10-03T21:26:31.041+01:00It would be hard to pass by that pub on a Sunday a...It would be hard to pass by that pub on a Sunday afternoon wouldn't it?<br />And Wareham is a lovely town.<br />(Listening to a radio play of Macbeth on You Tube)<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-54126512254644561282014-10-03T18:40:49.151+01:002014-10-03T18:40:49.151+01:00I think there used to be a 3D figure on The Bear a...I think there used to be a 3D figure on The Bear at Esher - but memory may be playing me tricks.E Berrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444426908291693984noreply@blogger.com