tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1669553748115261706..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Much Marcle, HerefordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-47290164627526260562012-03-03T21:18:12.372+00:002012-03-03T21:18:12.372+00:00Ann: Thanks for your comment. I too was brought up...Ann: Thanks for your comment. I too was brought up on two Arthur Mee volumes that related to family abodes (Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire). There must have been thousands of households that had just one or two volumes. <br /><br />The Piper picture of the ruined Coventry Cathedral is very powerful - so are his images of bombed Bath and Bristol. He rose well to these sad occasions.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-83477019552600852602012-03-03T20:05:44.837+00:002012-03-03T20:05:44.837+00:00Was brought up on Arthur Mee's England books a...Was brought up on Arthur Mee's England books as parents had copies for Hampshire, where we lived, and Norfolk where they had lived previously. Any trips to unknown places were checked in the book.<br />In recent years we have acquired a number of other volumes through charity shops and second hand bookshops. I think the most poignant is Warwickshire where many pages of description and photographs are devoted to Coventry before the bombing of course. Shows so much of what was lost. Was reminded of this when visiting Blenheim Palace this week. They have a John Piper exhibition on at present. He visited Coventry the morning after the bombing and hi written description is as dramatic as the image of the cathedral he produced for a postcard issued shortly afterwards.<br />Annawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952972062354370535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-52249229702681713462012-03-03T16:52:33.339+00:002012-03-03T16:52:33.339+00:00Thanks for this article, good to read on local his...Thanks for this article, good to read on local history.Anonymoushttp://www.goherefordshire.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-50284659070246568952012-02-29T09:23:57.882+00:002012-02-29T09:23:57.882+00:00Worm: The name is great, isn't it? Marcle come...Worm: The name is great, isn't it? Marcle comes from the Old English <i>mearc</i> (boundary, as in the Welsh Marches) and <i>leah</i> (clearing); so, a clearing on a boundary. Much just means great. There you go: etymology at no extra cost.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11047151925925547852012-02-29T08:49:20.499+00:002012-02-29T08:49:20.499+00:00not only a great tree, but a great village name to...not only a great tree, but a great village name too!wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-50934667201337606712012-02-27T10:54:26.704+00:002012-02-27T10:54:26.704+00:00Expat: Yes, willow is good - thanks for the link.
...Expat: Yes, willow is good - thanks for the link.<br /><br />Yes, it's the same Arthur Mee. He was very industrious and edited or wrote various other publications for Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press too. His books must have been printed in large numbers and can still be found in many secondhand bookstores.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-68431310652747459522012-02-27T10:45:17.346+00:002012-02-27T10:45:17.346+00:00Willow is also good
http://www.windrushwillow.com...Willow is also good<br /><br />http://www.windrushwillow.com/graphics/living_willow/eliptical_arbour.jpg<br /><br />Is that the same Arthur Mee who published the Children's Encyclopaedia?expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804628948405177521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-13982333283749973252012-02-26T21:03:08.122+00:002012-02-26T21:03:08.122+00:00Judith: How true. A living thing as amazing in its...Judith: How true. A living thing as amazing in its way as any of the superlatives of the natural world (cheetahs, great whales, whatever).Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42236530544110526342012-02-26T14:04:57.186+00:002012-02-26T14:04:57.186+00:00Certainly, this tree puts we mortals into the pro...Certainly, this tree puts we mortals into the proper perspective. We all need this once in a while!judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163559978152050676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-5151026651840923682012-02-26T08:58:37.317+00:002012-02-26T08:58:37.317+00:00Thank you, Bazza. Bamboo might be the thing!Thank you, Bazza. Bamboo might be the thing!Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-4399282683117018542012-02-26T06:44:31.704+00:002012-02-26T06:44:31.704+00:00I wonder if, at some future time, growing one'...I wonder if, at some future time, growing one's own building might be feasible. I think you would need to be very patient while waiting for a yew tree to do it's thing.<br />Bamboo would be a possibility as it's one of the world's quickest growing plants.<br />Then you'd have to start a 'Chinese Buildings' blog!<br /><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Click here for Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com